General Riddles

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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

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

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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.

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

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

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