What is greater than gold but cannot be bought. it can never be sold and can earn if its sought. though it can be broken, it can still be fixed. for by birth it can't start nor by death it is ended.what am i?

Can you solve the rebus below?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

Manish and Manoj play 5 games of chess.
Both Manish and Manoj win the exact same number of games. There is no tie at all.

How?

There are two beautiful yet remote islands in the South Pacific. The Islanders born on one island always tell the truth, and the Islanders from the other island always lie.
You are on one of the islands and meet three Islanders. You ask the first which island they are from in the most appropriate Polynesian tongue, and he indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island. You ask the second Islander the same question, and he also indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island.
Can you guess what the third Islander will answer to the same question?

The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true.
Are these two sentences true or false?

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

How many points are there on the globe where, by walking one mile south, then one mile east and then one mile north, you would reach the place where you started?

What is the next number?

77, 49, 36, 18 ?

There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?