General Riddles

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

What can you catch but not throw?

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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.

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

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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