By using 'because' continuously three times, can you make an English statement ?

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

John drives to his office at 20km/hr. After reaching the office, he realizes that today is a holiday. He went back at an average speed of 30km/hr. Discounting the time spent in the stoppage what was the average speed of his journey?

Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I am double, I am single,
I am black blue and grey,
I am read from both ends,
And the same either way.

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

John has eleven friends. He has a bowl containing eleven apples. Now He wants to divide the eleven apples among his friends, in such a way that an apple should remain in his bowl.
How can He do it?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

I am lying and I always lie. Tell me whether I am lying or telling the truth.

Which number should replace the question mark?