Short Riddles and Answers

Question: I had a bright start,
but I couldn't take the pressure.
I consume everything,
yet I don't eat anything.
What am I?

Question: A man was driving a black car. His lights were off. The moon shown no light. A cat was in the middle of the road. How did he know to stop?

Question: Not chest or box is now discussed. Money can be held in it, but just as we test its metal, within it there is rust.

[What is it?]

Question: Old mother twitchet had one eye and a tail that she let fly and every time she went through a trap she left a bit of her tail in the trap.

Question: You are in a jungle and you come across a lion and a jaguar. You have a gun but there is only one bullet left. Which one do you shoot?