If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

In particular commonwealth games, a female participant won silver and gold medals for a single event.

How can this be possible?

Identify The phrase in the picture.

1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going toward the river. Each monkey had 1 parrot in each hand. How many animals are going towards the river?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

Jessica is telling her friends this story and asks them to guess if it’s the truth or a lie: “There was a man sitting in a house at night that had no lights on at all. There was no lamp, no candle, and no other source of light. Yet, he sat in the house and read his book happily.” Her friends say she’s lying, but Jessica corrects them and says she’s telling the truth. Jessica’s story is true—but how?

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

It's a protector.
It sits on a bridge.
One individual can see directly through it, while others wonder what it hides.

What is it?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?