General Riddles

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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.

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

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