General Riddles

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

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

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape 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.

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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 is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

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

I have a many legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but I have no head. I cannot walk and I cannot see But I keep things neat and tidy as can be. What am I?
A broom.

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