General Riddles

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.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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