General Riddles

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

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

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

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".

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches 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

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

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