General Riddles

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).

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 is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

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 am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

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