Good Riddles

Question: Change a long pause into a short one by doubling a letter.What are the words?

Question: Two men went into a restaurant. They sat at a table and the waiter came by and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

The first man said, "I'll have H₂0."

The second man said, "I'll have H₂0 too."

The second man died.

Why?

Question: What sport starts with a T, has four letters, and is played around the world?

Question: What tastes better than it smells?

Question: A dad and his four boys stand in line.
All crowned, they toil in darkness.
Another family they see, two birds of a feather.
All of them together clad in leather.

What are they?