Answer:
The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.
Has feathers but can't fly. Rests on legs but can't walk.
What breaks on the water but never on the land?
A slow, solemn square-dance of warriors feinting. One by one they fall, warriors fainting, thirty-two on sixty-four.
The weapon of choice to create the biggest shock.
Do what he says and you'll be fine, don't and you lose the game.