General Riddles

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

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

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

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.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

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

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