riddles

2. Built for a king, my body guards him in death, not in life. I stand tall, pointing to the skies, yet I am not alive. What am I?
4. I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
5. Alive without breath,As cold as death;Never thirsty, ever drinking,All in mail never clinking.
9. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?
10. Tread on the living, we make not a mumble. Tread on the dead, we mutter and grumble. What are we?
12. What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
15. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
17. What tastes better than it smells?
18. I may be seen in water, yet I am never wet. What exactly am I?

1. You enter a room that contains a match, kerosene lamp, candle, and fireplace. What should you light first?
3. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
6. With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
7. What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?
8. What type of cheese is made backward?
10. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
11. The more I consume, the brighter I become. The brighter I become, the shorter my life. What am I?
13. When you purchase me, I'm black. When you use me, I'm red. When you toss me away, I'm gray. What exactly am I?
14. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
16. This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats mountain down.