General Riddles

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

How many pairs of animals did Moses take with him on his Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood?
It was not Moses, but Noah, who built an Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood.

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

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