General Riddles

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

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

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

What has an eye but can not see?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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