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 shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

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

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

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

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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