General Riddles

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

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.

What can you catch but not throw?

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

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

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