Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

My first is in chocolate but not in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

It is an eleven letter word.
The first, second, third and fourth letters form a banquet's name.
The fifth, sixth and seventh letters form a car's name.
The eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh letters form a mode of transport.

Can you identify what word it is?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

There are five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the English language.
Can you tell us a word that contains all these vowels?

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I am double, I am single,
I am black blue and grey,
I am read from both ends,
And the same either way.

They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?