General Riddles

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

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

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

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.

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