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

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?

It is a six-letter word.
The first four letters are me.
The second and last letters are the same.
The fourth second and last letter is payment.

Who is it?

What work can one never finish?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

It is a nine-letter word.
The exact opposite of the phrase "friendly and outgoing"
It contains the word "over".
It starts will a vowel.

What is it?

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?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

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

Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?