General Riddles

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

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!

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

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

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