Which country gets ill every time?

A man was going to bleach his socks because they had gotten muddy the day before. As he was pouring the bleach into the washing machine, he spilt some on the floor. He got some cleaning fluid and mopped it up with a rag. Minutes later he was dead. What killed him?

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

I went to the bookshop and spent one-half of the money that was in my purse.

When I came out, I found that I had as many cents as I had dollars and half as many dollars as I had cents when I went in. Find the money in my purse when I entered the store.

How many letters are in the alphabet?

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)

You can hear me, but you can't touch or see me.

What am I?

What does this below rebus puzzle mean?

How can one talk without saying a single word?

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?