General Riddles

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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

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

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 diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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 has a head and a tail, but no body?

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.

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