What number when divided in half becomes zero?

I am never scared but became petrified and can’t live in a house but would die to make one. What am I?

What does the rebus below mean?

TEN BADTION

Which is the rope you never skip with?

John killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

Why did Navjot Singh Sidhu put the new January calendar in the freezer

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

I can be made.
I can be cracked.
I can be told.
I can be played.

Who am I?

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.