General Riddles

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

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

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

What has an eye but can not see?

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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.

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