General Riddles

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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