General Riddles

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.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

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