General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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