General Riddles

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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

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

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

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.

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