General Riddles

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Which number can you put to fill in the sequence? 23 1 3 25 16 20 6 9 20 ?
19 Explanation: Position of first letter of the words in the question in alphabets.

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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

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