General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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?

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.

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

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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