Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

I am a five-letter word and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last three letters and I am a drink. What word am I?

A man fell off a smuggling boat into deep water. He could not swim and he was not wearing anything to keep him afloat. It took 30 minutes for the people on the boat to realize someone was missing. The missing man was rescued two hours later on the return trip. Why didn't he drown? Note:- He didn't know swimming, the sea was deep, and He wasn't holding anything

You need to pick one entry from pot A and one from pot B to have a perfect match. Can you do it?

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

A lion and its tamer are standing inside a cage that measures 1 unit in radius. Both of them can effortlessly run at the speed of 1 unit maximum.

1) Suppose the lion is hungry, will he be able to eat up the tamer?
2) If yes, how long can the tamer survive?

In a football game, Christina defeated Teresa by 2 - 0 but no man from either side scored. How can this be possible?

How can one talk without saying a single word?

Wednesday, Steve and Pam go to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch, they pay the bill. But Steve and Pam do not pay the bill. So…who does?