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

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

Outside a tattoo artist's shop, there was a signboard which read 'I make tattoos on only them who do not tattoo themselves'.

Reading it what do you think, does the tattoo artist tattoo himself?

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

What is it?

It has five wheels, though often think four, You cannot use it without that one more, You can put things in it, you can strap things on top, You can't find it in the market, but you can still go shop. What is it?

What question can you never answer yes to?

When a clock is observed, the hour hand is at a minute mark and the minutes hand is six minutes ahead of it.

When the clock is observed again after some time, the hour hand is precisely on a different minute mark and the minute hand is seven minutes ahead of it.

Can you calculate how much time has elapsed between the two observations?