I have no life, but I can die. 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.

I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?

A wooden log balances equally on the scales when weighed with three-quarters of a pound and three-quarters of a wooden log.

Can you calculate the weight of the entire wooden log?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.

How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?

What is the Surname of Barbie Doll?

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

When I get multiplied by any number, the sum of the figures in the product is always me. What am I?

How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?