General Riddles

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

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 _______.

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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