General Riddles

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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