General Riddles

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

How many pairs of animals did Moses take with him on his Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood?
It was not Moses, but Noah, who built an Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood.

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!

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

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