General Riddles

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

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

What can you catch but not throw?

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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