Tricky riddles

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives. Each wive held two bags, each bag held a mother cat, each mother cat had six babies, How many people were going to the mall?

What is round on both ends and hi in the middle?

In a one storey brown house, there was a brown person with a brown computer, brown telephone, and brown chair. He also had a brown cat and a brown fish – Just about everything was brown – What colour was the stairs?

What kinds of stones are never found in the ocean?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

Tom's height is six feet, he is an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 12 shoes. What does he weigh?

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

How do you prevent a summer cold?

It is a city that has no people! What is that?

You are in a cold house in the winter. It is dark. You have one match. There is a candle and there is a wood burning stove. Which do you light first?