Jack was having a candle light dinner with his girlfriend. Suddenly a cold gush of wind entered through the open window and three of the ten candles were extinguished. Assuming that none of the other candles were extinguished.

How many candles are they left with in the end ?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

Find the next number in the following series:
6, 14, 26, 98, __?

Find the next number in the series below.

6 18 270 72090 ?

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

How can you spell "White of an egg" in one word?
Hint: I know you can spell coke, poke, and joke.

What has one eye, but can’t see?

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First, he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?

While house hunting in London, I came across a very good leasehold property Discussing the lease the landlady told me:

'The property was originally on a 99 years lease and two-thirds of the time passed is equal to four-fifths of the time to come. Now work it out for yourself and see how many years are to go!