General Riddles

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

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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