General Riddles

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 don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

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".

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

What has an eye but can not see?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

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