General Riddles

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

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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

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

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

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

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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