General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?
sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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