General Riddles

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

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.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

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