General Riddles

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

What can you catch but not throw?

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 occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

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

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