General Riddles

What can you catch but not throw?

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

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

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.

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'.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

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