General Riddles

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

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

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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