General Riddles

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

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

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

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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