The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

13 decks of cards have been mixed. What is the minimum number of cards that must be taken out from the above-mixed cards to guarantee at least one 'four of a kind?

Can you decipher the below rebus?

PBLUESAISNUERSES

An exterior architect is asked by a builder to plant seven trees in a manner that there are exactly six rows of trees in a straight line and each row has three trees in particular.

How will he do it?

When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?

A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?