General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

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

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