General Riddles

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

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.

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

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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

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