General Riddles

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

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.

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

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

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