I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. What am I?

How many sides does a circle have?

I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

He digs out tiny caves and stores gold and silver in them. He also built bridges of silver and made crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs his help, yet many people are afraid to let him help them. Who is he?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

What demands an answer, but asks no questions

Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?