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

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

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?

How much will a 38° angle measure when looked at under a microscope that magnifies ten times?

Can you make the below equation true by using any three numbers from "1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15"?

( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30

Keyboard words are not in alphabetical order, Why?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

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?

A word I know has six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it?

How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day ?