General Riddles

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 am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

What can you catch but not throw?

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