General Riddles

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

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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.

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

What has an eye but can not see?

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

What can you catch but not throw?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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