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.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

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

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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