General Riddles

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

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