Fun Riddles

Question: You are a surgeon who has to perform 3 operations today, but you only have 2 pairs of gloves (a and b) to perform the operations. Each of the people you are performing surgery on are infectious so you cannot touch any of them or their bodily fluids and they can't touch each other's bodily fluids. How do you perform all 3 operations with only 2 pairs of gloves?

Question: A man named Edward was born on December 21st, yet his birthday is during the summer this year.

How could this be?

Question: I am a nice word composed of five letters, but the Romans would call me a numbers.

What am I?

Question: I can run but never walk. Wherever I go, thought are close behind me.

What am I?

Question: My food and drink were left behind
by ancients from another time.
I grind my feet upon the earth
with strength come from a metal hearth.
My mind is trapped when I run free
when still, it wanders far from me.

What am I?