General Riddles

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.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

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.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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