General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

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