General Riddles

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

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