A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?

Can you decipher these quotes by Albert Einstein?
Blf xzm mvevi hloev z kilyovn lm gsv ovevo lm dsrxs rg dzh xivzgvw.

What kind of band never plays music?

A king sentenced a man to the death sentence for some crime he had committed. Known for his kindness, the king told the culprit that he had a choice to die in a way he decides.

The culprit was clever and said something that saved him from death. What method do you think he must have chosen for his death?

I am the one who remains awake when you sleep. But I need to rest when you awake. Who Am I?

How far can you walk into the woods?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

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

I am never scared but became petrified and can’t live in a house but would die to make one. What am I?

Two fathers and two sons decided to go to a shop and buy some sweets upon reaching. Each of them bought 1 kg of sweet. All of them returned home after some time and found out that they had 3kg of sweets with them.

They did not eat the sweets in the way, nor threw or lose anything. Then, how can this be possible?