Riddles of What do Alexander The Great and Winnie The Pooh have in common?

Each morning I appear
to lie at your feet,
all day I will follow.
No matter how fast you run,
yet I nearly perish
in the midday sun and in the night.
What am I?

Answer

Shadow.

What kind of table that has numbers on it?

Answer

Timetable

All day long it's in and out. I discharge loads from my shaft. Both men and women go down on me.
What am I?

Answer

Elevator.

1-2-3-4-5-6 I am a 6 letter word. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet. Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.
What am I?

Answer

CARPET.
6-5-2: tea 4-5-2-3: pear 1-2-6: cat 3-2-6: rat

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet!
Why?

Answer

Because they were all married and not single.

One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday.
How come?

Answer

At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was travelling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The boat then crossed the International Date line (or any time zone line) and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February the 28th. In a leap year the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older brother.

Can you find the name of color hidden in the following sentence?

"Some parts of the face are the eye, eyebrow, nose and mouth."

Answer

Brown.

A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done.
What am I?

Answer

Potato.

I can fly but no wings. I can cry but don't have eyes.
What am I?

Answer

a cloud

If a rooster laid an egg on top of a pointed-roof henhouse,
which side would the egg roll off?

Answer

Neither. A rooster can't lay eggs.