Riddle #4

Alone I am 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean. What am I?

In olden days you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decides to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose? Remember, your're clever!

My best buddy always makes mistakes. But I would easily get rid of the mistakes. What Am I?

A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?

One day, Emperor Akbar posed a question to Birbal. He asked him what Birbal would choose if he offered either justice or a gold coin. "The gold coin," said Birbal without hesitation. On hearing this, Akbar was taken aback. "You would prefer a gold coin to justice?" he asked, not believing his own ears. "Yes," said Birbal. The other courtiers were amazed by Birbal's display of idiocy. They were full of glee that Birbal had finally managed himself to do what these courtiers had not been able to do for a long time - discredit Birbal in the emperor's eyes! "I would have been disappointed if this was the choice made even by my lowliest of servants," continued the emperor. "But coming from you it's not only disappointing, but shocking and sad. I did not know you were so debased!" How did Birbal justify his answer to the enraged and hurt Emperor?

You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more. As your time passes, I'm not easy to store. I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place. I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?

When you have me more, you can see only less. What Am I?

I take what you receive and surrender it all by waving my fla. What am I?

I am a five letter word. If you remove all letters one by one from the last, I sound the same! What am I?

How far can you run into the woods?

I am as big as you are, but I am weightless. Who am I?