General Riddles

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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.

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