General Riddles

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).

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

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

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

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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!

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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