General Riddles

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

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

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

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

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