General Riddles

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

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

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