General Riddles

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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).

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

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.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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