General Riddles

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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.

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