General Riddles

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

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

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

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

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

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