General Riddles

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

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

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

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

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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 have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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