General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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.

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

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