General Riddles

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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

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

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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.

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