General Riddles

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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

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).

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

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