What brings you down but never up?

You have two rectangular wires.

Both of them have property that when you light the fire from one end , it will take 60 minutes to get completely burn.

However, they do not burn at consistent speed (i.e it might be possible 1st 20% burn in 50 minutes and 80% can burn in 10 minutes).

So how could you measure 45 minutes ?

Solve the equation by replacing the alphabet with numbers.

MOM + MOM + NO = BOOK=

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

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

A famous swimmer can swim downstream in a lake in exactly 40 minutes with the lake current.
He can swim upstream in that lake in exactly 60 minutes against the lake current.
The length of the lake is 2 km.

How long he can cover the distance of one side at a still lake with no current?

A man desired to get into his work building, however he had forgotten his code.
However, he did recollect five pieces of information
* Fifth number + Third number = 14
* The fourth number is one more than the second number.
* The first number is one less than twice the second number.
* The second number and the third number equals 10.
* The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What is the code ?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
---------
GAMES
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If two fifty-foot ropes are suspended from a forty-foot ceiling that is twenty feet apart, how much rope will you be able to steal if you have a knife?

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.