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.

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

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.

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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