I was was, before was was was. What am I?

What grows in grass and shrinks in water?

What is black and white and red all over?

What is thrown to both kings and beggars?

I place today before yesterday. What am I?

What has one head, one foot and four legs?

What has four legs and a back but no body?

What is harder to catch the faster you run?

I fill a room but take no space. What am I?

What demands an answer but asks no question?

What can go up and come down without moving?

What is the timepiece that needs no winding?

What English word is as long as it is valued?

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?