General Riddles

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

What has an eye but can not see?

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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