General Riddles

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

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).

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

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

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

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

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

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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