General Riddles

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

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 help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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?

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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

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