General Riddles

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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).

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

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