General Riddles

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?

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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.

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

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