A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colours. There are eight of each colour (including red). What is the least number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?

There was a strange boy who was born before his father. How can this be possible?

Irene killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

Many have heard it, but nobody has ever seen it, and it will not speak back until spoken to. What is it?

You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

What does below Rebus mean ?

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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?

If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

You are provided with a grid (as shown in the picture). Can you fill the squares with numbers 1-8 in a manner that none of the two consecutive numbers are placed next to each other in any direction (vertically, horizontally or diagonally?)