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

You’re out on the water and see a boat filled with people. You look away for a second and look back again, but this time you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Hint: The boat did not sink.

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

You have a square. What you have to do is cut and reassemble the square such that you create a Red Cross sign that has the same volume as that of the square.

What is the next number in this series?

4,12,84,3612....

Find out which of the given views in the picture is accurately the top view of the given pyramid.

Can you name an animal whose killing cannot be performed without spilling your own blood?

A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?

What's the next in the series?

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?