General Riddles

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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).

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

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

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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

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.

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