General Riddles

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

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

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

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

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

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

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