General Riddles

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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.

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

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

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

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

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