General Riddles

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

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

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