General Riddles

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

One day on reaching school I found there were a total of 16 bicycles and tricycles parked in the school compound. I counted the total number of wheels to be 38. Find out the number of bicycles.
10 bicycles. Explanation:: All the cycles will have at least 2 wheels, so 16 cycles will have 16x2=32 wheels. But in total there are 38 wheels. So the extra wheels (38-32=6) must be of the tricycles because bicycles have 2 wheels and tricycles have 3 wheels. Therefore, the number of tricycles parked is 6 and hence the number of bicycles is 10.

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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

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

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

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

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