General Riddles

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

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

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

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.

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I have a many legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but I have no head. I cannot walk and I cannot see But I keep things neat and tidy as can be. What am I?
A broom.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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