General Riddles

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.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

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

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

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

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

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.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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