General Riddles

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who 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.

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.

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