General Riddles

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

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?

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

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

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

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