General Riddles

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

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

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

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

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

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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).

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