General Riddles

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.

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

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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!

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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

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