General Riddles

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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

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

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

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

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

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