General Riddles

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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.

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.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

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