General Riddles

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

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

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

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

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

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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