General Riddles

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

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

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)

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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