General Riddles

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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