General Riddles

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

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

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

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.

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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.

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