General Riddles

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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