General Riddles

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

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