General Riddles

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

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

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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

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

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

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