General Riddles

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

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

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

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