General Riddles

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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

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

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

In a cave there is a treasure within a big metal box with a lock on it. There is also a monster in the cave that has two keys with him; one gold and the other silver. The monster will give you only one chance to open the lock using one of the keys. If the box doesn't open, the monster will kill you. Since the monster is a bit helpful it would give you a clue in finding out the correct key. Can you choose the correct key by deciphering the below clue? A GKOY OEPD LYEO DCNO EAAR NNN
The gold key will open the lock. Explanation: The clue says "A Golden Key Can Open Any Door". Take the first letter of each word, then the second letter of each word, then the third letter and so on and construct the sentence.

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.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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

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

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