General Riddles

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

I have three wings. At times I have 4 wings but still I cannot fly. I can rotate but I can't move from one place to other. People always relax in my company. Who am I?
Ceiling Fan

One day on reaching school I found there were a total of 16 bicycles and tricycles parked in the school compound. I counted the total number of wheels to be 38. Find out the number of bicycles.
10 bicycles. Explanation:: All the cycles will have at least 2 wheels, so 16 cycles will have 16x2=32 wheels. But in total there are 38 wheels. So the extra wheels (38-32=6) must be of the tricycles because bicycles have 2 wheels and tricycles have 3 wheels. Therefore, the number of tricycles parked is 6 and hence the number of bicycles is 10.

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.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

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