Cristina was born in 1888. She just had her 30th birthday today how did that happen?

John and his wife were living in a rural place. On a particular day, John's wife fell ill and he called the local doctor. When the doctor picked up, he said, "Doctor, my wife is ill. She might have appendicitis."

"This can't be possible! I took out her appendix two years ago myself," the doctor explained.

When diagnosed, John's wife was found to have appendicitis. How can this be possible?

Manish and Manoj play 5 games of chess.
Both Manish and Manoj win the exact same number of games. There is no tie at all.

How?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

There are are five things wrong with this sentence; only geniuses will be able to to spot all of the mitstakes

In a jungle where there are no street lights or any other artificial source of lights, I notice a black snake crossing the road.
How did I get sight of the snake?

John named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third Charlie and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son's name?

What is common among 11, 69, and 88?

A boy collects white seashells from the sea and brings them home every night. When he has enough of them, he decides to sell them to a trader.

The trader is ready to buy the shells and he asks the boy about the quantity. At this, the boy starts calculating. He has a giant box that contains 3 mini boxes. Two of them have another mini box inside. If the giant box can hold 50 shells, how many brown shells can he sell to the trader?

A pond had 60 fish, out of which, all but 20 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?