General Riddles

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

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

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