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

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

Once upon a time there were two neighbors - one very rich and the other quite poor. Both were singers. While the rich man would sing in concerts, the poor man used to sing by the roadside. The rich man had this tendency to ridicule the poor man for his singing abilities. Once the poor man got infuriated and challenged the rich man that he knew all the songs in the world and could sing any existing song with whatever names the rich man could give. The rich man decided to take up the challenge and to make it more exciting promised the poor man that he would give all his wealth to him if he could really do so. He gave him the names of his four children - Jack, Jonathan, Williams and Harry. The poor man sang and got all the wealth of the rich man. What song did he sing?
"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Jack. Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Jonathan. Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Williams. Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Harry. Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to you" - is an existing song and can be sung with any name of the world.

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

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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