Answer:
You are having a bad day if 12 peers deem you to be this
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
My teeth are sharp, my back is straight, to cut things up it is my fate.
What hangs others yet can unintentionally hang itself?
Why was the cook arrested?
Difficult
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?