General Riddles

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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...

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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