General Riddles

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

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

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

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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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