General Riddles

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

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 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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.

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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