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

If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

Which is the rope you never skip with?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

Birbal was jester, counsellor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar.
The villagers loved to talk of Birbal's wisdom and cleverness,
and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him.
One day Akbar (emperor) drew a line across the floor.
"Birbal," he ordered, "you must make this line shorter, but you cannot erase any bit of it."
Everyone present thought the emperor had finally outsmarted Birbal.
It was clearly an impossible task.
Yet within moments the emperor and everyone else present had to agree that Birbal had made the line shorter without erasing any of it.
How could this be?

John and Jill are madly in love with each other. To remind Jill of his pure love, John wants to send her a ring by post but in their country where burglary is quite prominent, any package that is not locked comes under the risk of being stolen for the contents.

John and Jill possess many padlocks but neither one of them has the other key.

Can you find a way John can send the ring to Jill safely?

You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?

Yesterday I fell from 30 feet high ladder but I don't get hurt. Why?

Can you find out the total number of triangles in the given figure?

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?