General Riddles

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

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

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

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

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

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

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