Which fur should we be getting from the Lion?

Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

A thief is convicted in Mexico. He gets the death penalty. The judge allows him to say the last sentence to determine how the penalty will be carried out. If the thief lies, he will be hanged, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The thief tells the last sentence and to everybody's surprise some minutes later he is set free because the judge cannot determine his penalty. What did the thief say?

This is a picture puzzle. You have to guess the name of the movie that can be related to the picture.

In order to complete the racing competition, the Mexico racetrack has to submit its top and the most famous three horses to win the competition. Due to an electrical storm, all the records are cleared and no one knows which horse holds the record. They all look identical and it becomes even more difficult to differentiate the horses. There are 25 horses in the Mexico racetrack. But there can be only five horses at a time on the track. What will the least number of races that can be conducted to find out the three fastest horses?

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

Look at the picture and find out which square is not linked with any of the other squares.

John said, "If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Friday."

When did John make this statement?

Alex is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alex survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

10+10 and 11+11 can give you the same answer.

Explain how?