General Riddles

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

What can you catch but not throw?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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