General Riddles

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

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

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

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.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

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).

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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.

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