General Riddles

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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?

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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