What brings you down but never up?

John was going on a jungle trip. He asked his wife to pack something to eat, something to drink and something to burn if he feels cold in the jungle. When John opens the backpack he found just one thing in the bag. What was it?

The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday?

Solve this riddle by finding the odd one out from the rest.

How will you measure 15 minutes using two hourglasses of 7 minutes and 11 minutes respectively?

Known by all without exception, Forever here, for your protection, Sometimes strong, sometimes weak, Right after the night I come - hot and chic. And while millions of miles away, I always get to you, I find my way. No life around could do without me, Can you guess what I might be?

There is one thing that goes round the house and also inside the house but never even share a brief touch. What is it?

Replace the question mark with the correct number.

2 + 2= 4
3 + 3= 18
4 + 4= 48
5 + 5= ?

Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

Suppose we lay down two cups in front of you. One of the cups is filled with tea and the other one with coffee. Now we ask you to take a spoonful of tea and mix it with the coffee. At this moment, the coffee cup has a mixture of tea and coffee. You have to take that mixture (spoonful) and add it back to the tea.

Can you now tell if the cup of coffee has more tea or the cup of tea has more coffee?