General Riddles

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

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

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