General Riddles

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

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).

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

What can you catch but not throw?

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