General Riddles

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

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 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

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!

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

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

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