Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

We can be boring,Or interesting.
We can be long,Or short.
We can have pictures,Or just words.
Many love us,But many also hate us.
What are we?

I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?

There is something which you can be arrested for attempting but not for successfully completing.

There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

What is it?

A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

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