General Riddles

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

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