General Riddles

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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.

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

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.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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