General Riddles

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

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

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

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

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

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.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

In a cave there is a treasure within a big metal box with a lock on it. There is also a monster in the cave that has two keys with him; one gold and the other silver. The monster will give you only one chance to open the lock using one of the keys. If the box doesn't open, the monster will kill you. Since the monster is a bit helpful it would give you a clue in finding out the correct key. Can you choose the correct key by deciphering the below clue? A GKOY OEPD LYEO DCNO EAAR NNN
The gold key will open the lock. Explanation: The clue says "A Golden Key Can Open Any Door". Take the first letter of each word, then the second letter of each word, then the third letter and so on and construct the sentence.

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