General Riddles

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

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

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

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

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

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.

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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