General Riddles

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

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

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

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

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