What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

My thunder comes before lightning.
My lightning comes before my rain.
My rain dries up all the land it touches.

Who am I?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Can you think of a smallest +ve number such that if we shuffle the digits of the number, the new number becomes double the original number?

What does man love more than life, and hate more than death or mortal strife; that which satisfied men want; the poor have, and the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?

I organized a small get together at my home.
In the party , i have a barrel with some whiskey in it.

Suddenly Guest 1 say 'I bet this barrel of whiskey is more than half full'.
'No, it's less than half full' Guest 2 replied.

I don't have any measuring instrument and without removing whiskey from it , how can i determine which of the guest is right ?

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

Who am I?

I got a bee but no honey.
got an eye but am still blind.
got a sea but no water.
got a tea but no coffee.
got a why but no answer.

What Am I?

What type of curtain does this rebus mean

Which number comes next in the number series?

2, 9, 30, 93, ?