General Riddles

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

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

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).

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

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