General Riddles

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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