General Riddles

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

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

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

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).

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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