General Riddles

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

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

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

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

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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.

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

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