Which fur should we be getting from the Lion?

What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?

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?

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

Can you make four (4) nines (9) equal 100?

What is the Surname of Barbie Doll?

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

There is a basket full of hats. Three are white and two are black. Three men, Tom, Tim, and Jim, each take a hat out of the basket and put it on their heads without seeing the hat they selected or the hats the other men selected. The men arrange themselves so Tom can see Tim and Jim’s hats, Tim can see Jim’s hat, and Jim can’t see anyone’s hat. Tom is asked what color his hat is and he says he doesn’t know. Tim is asked the same question, and he also doesn’t know. Finally, Jim is asked the question, and he does know. What colour is his hat?