A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

How many people must be gathered together in a room, before you can be certain that there is a greater than 50/50 chance that at least two of them have the same birthday?

What goes up but never comes down?

Your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

There are two insects on a tile. Insect X is sitting on one side of the tile (point A) and Insect Y is sitting opposite on the other side of the tile (point B). Now both of them decide to change their position and thus X starts crawling to point B and Y starts crawling to point A. When they meet and pass each other in between, X takes 20 seconds to reach B and Y takes just 5 seconds to reach A.

Can you calculate the total time each of the insects took to change their positions?

There were two grandmothers and their two granddaughters.
There were two husbands and their two wives.
There were two fathers and their two daughters.
There were two mothers and their two sons.
There were two maidens and their two mothers.
There were two sisters and their two brothers.
Yet there are only six, who are buried here,
All are born legitimate and relationships clear.
How can this happen?

Below is the sum of symbols in each row and column in the figure. Analyzing the figure, can you find out the value of the symbols?

I was born in a small house and I live in it all alone. No windows and no doors have been assigned to my house. The only way I can go out is by breaking through the walls of my house.

Who am I?

Count the number of squares in the picture below.