General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

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

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

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