General Riddles

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

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

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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

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

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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