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.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29. Where is the remaining dollar?
This is a nice nonsense. Each guest paid $9 because they gave $30 and they were given back $3. The manager got $25 and the difference ($2) has the bellboy. So it is nonsense to add the $2 to the $27, since the bellboy kept the $2.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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

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