General Riddles

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

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

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

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

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