General Riddles

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

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

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

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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

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

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".

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

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