General Riddles

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

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

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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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