I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Snow and Tyrion are two mad logicians who love betting. They placed 11 Candies at the table and designed a small betting game, in which both of them needed to eat Candies turn by turn with the following rules:

Rule 1: One needs to eat at least one candy.
Rule 2: One cannot eat more than 5 candies.

The one that eats the last candy will lose. Snow won the toss and needs to start. How many candies must Snow earn to make sure that he wins the bet?

Place a mathematical symbol between the numerals 5 and 9 in such a way that the resulting number is greater than 5 but smaller than 9.

If,

A = 1

B = 2

C = 3

...

...

Z = 26.

Based on above rule, you need to find an eleven letter word whose letter sum is equal to 52.

What is the difference between a jeweller and a jailer?

Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy alive has his pack open, and the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?

Analyze and find the missing item in the sequence:
16, 06, 68, 88, __, 98

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

A Detective reviewed the information they had on the case so far.

A lady named 'Caterina' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Ankit, Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.
The killer is a fan of challenges him by leaving notes ad various places.
* The first was found in a toilet room.
* The second was found in an art room.
* The third was in a restroom.
* the fourth in an underwater room.
* The fifth at the no-smoking room.

All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at any place the notes were.
Detective the genius, immediately solved the case.
Who was the killer?