General Riddles

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.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I am 3/8 of Tortoise, 2/5 of Onion and 2/6 of Tomato. Who am I?
Toronto. Explanation:Tortoise has 8 letters and the first 3 letters are TOR. Onion has 5 letters and the first 2 letters are ON. Tomato has 6 letters and the first 2 letters are TO.

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

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

What has an eye but can not see?

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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