General Riddles

What has an eye but can not see?

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

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 have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

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

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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