General Riddles

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

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

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

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

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

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

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