General Riddles

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

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

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

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

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