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.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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

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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