General Riddles

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. 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.

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

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

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

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

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