General Riddles

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

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.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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

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.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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