General Riddles

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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.

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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