General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

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

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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