General Riddles

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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

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