Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

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.

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

Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name, a boy's name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months

One day, John and his friends were playing around. Jacob hit something with a Pin and it popped. John's dad came into the room that very moment, but he wasn't mad. In fact, he was smiling. What did Jacob hit?

I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

What demands an answer, but asks no questions

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business.