General Riddles

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

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