General Riddles

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

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

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.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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

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

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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