General Riddles

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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?

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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