Take number 1000 and then add 20 to it.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 30.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 40.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 10.

What is the total?

A man lives on the fifteenth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator, or if it was raining that day, he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up five flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why he does this?

Can you think of any three-dimensional shape that comprises of exactly two surfaces?

Rebus Puzzle Definition: A rebus is an illusion device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
What does This Rebus Puzzle Identify?

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

It's been the first day of the school when a young girl was found raped and murdered.
Police suspect four male teachers as on the killers and ask them what they were doing in the morning in time 8:00 am.
1. Wayne: I was reading the newspaper.
2. Terry: I was checking chemistry papers
3. Bridge: I had locked myself in my room as my wife left me.
4. Cole: I dropped my wife to her office.

Who is the killer?

A lion and its tamer are standing inside a cage that measures 1 unit in radius. Both of them can effortlessly run at the speed of 1 unit maximum.

1) Suppose the lion is hungry, will he be able to eat up the tamer?
2) If yes, how long can the tamer survive?

How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.

Why?