General Riddles

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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