Answer:
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
This is a dish containing beans, sometimes baked but, despite the name, usually stewed, in a sauce
What can go up but never come down?
What has a ring but no fingers?
What is in the middle of nowhere?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.