General Riddles

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.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

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

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.

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

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