General Riddles

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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 fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

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

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

I have three wings. At times I have 4 wings but still I cannot fly. I can rotate but I can't move from one place to other. People always relax in my company. Who am I?
Ceiling Fan

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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

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