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.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

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

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

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

What can you catch but not throw?

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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.

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