Answer:
Sharp and long, flag of the world. What is it?
RUGBY = 9, TENNIS = 14, FOOTBALL = 12, HOCKEY = 16, SWIMMING = ?
A precious stone, as clear as diamond. Seek it out while the sun's near the horizon. Though you can walk on water with its power, try to keep it, and it'll vanish in an hour.
What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
You throw away the outside, eat the inside, then throw away the inside. What is it?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.