General Riddles

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

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

What can you catch but not throw?

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

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

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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 am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

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