A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9's are used in these numbers?

The more you take me, the more you leave me behind.
Who Am I?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

A man started to town with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came to a stream which he had to cross in a tiny boat. He could only take one across at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How did he get them all safely over the stream?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

Twenty frogs are sitting on a log floating on the surface of a river. Two of them decide to jump off into the water.

How many frogs are there on the log at this moment?

I have four wings but can't fly.
I express no emotions.
I am found on the exact spot every time you look.
I keep toiling away with a little sound.

Do you know what am I?

I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?