General Riddles

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

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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