Which country gets ill every time?

I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

How many squares, of any size, can you find on this chessboard which do not contain a Rook?

A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?

Here is what you have to do. You have to throw a ball as hard as you can but it must return back to you even if it does not bounce at anything. Also, you have nothing attached to the ball. There is no one on the other end to catch that ball and throw it back at you.

How will you do it?

I am not a bull but I have horns.
I am not an ass but I have a pack saddle.
Wherever I go, I leave silver behind me.

Who am I?

What word is represented by this rebus?

Teacher ask the student

'Why are you standing on that chair in music class ?'.

what did student replied ?

Replace the question mark with the number below given a simple math problem.

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First, he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?