General Riddles

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

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

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

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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