General Riddles

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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