Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

I have eight fingers and two thumbs but I do not live. What Am I?

I know a ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top rows of the computer keyboard.

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

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?

When I got four, I have it none.
When I got two, I have it some.
When I got none, I have it all.

What is it?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Jack and Joseph are well-known golf rivals. One Day during a match, they were level at a score of 30. Jack hit a bad shot and Joseph added 10 to his score. Joseph then hit an awesome shot and he won the game.

How ?

What can you catch but never throw?

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