General Riddles

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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.

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?

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