General Riddles

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

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

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.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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