What can you catch but never throw?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?

A bus driver was heading down a street in Mexico. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

The person who makes it has no need for it. He who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know they are. What is it?

There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.

Why?

What goes up but never comes down?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

A fresher was sitting in an interview. The interviewer said, "This is the last question of your interview. Tell me the accurate position of the centre of this table where your resume is kept."

How can he answer this question? What will you have answered to such a question?