General Riddles

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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

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.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

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

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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?

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