General Riddles

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

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

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

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

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

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word 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.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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