General Riddles

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

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

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

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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

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

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

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