General Riddles

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

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