who is silent in the parliament?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

What has no start, end, or centre?

A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

What kind of band never plays music?

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

A beggar on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

What word does this rebus represent?

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