General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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

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