General Riddles

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

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

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