General Riddles

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

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

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.

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

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

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