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.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

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