How many times in a given day, minutes and hour clock comes in a straight line ?

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

John is on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of him. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges.

Each crate is labelled. One reads 'apples', one reads 'oranges', and one reads 'apples and oranges'. He know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong.

If he can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can he label all of the crates correctly?

What is the next number in the series?

15 29 56 108 208 ?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

In particular commonwealth games, a female participant won silver and gold medals for a single event.

How can this be possible?

What can run but never walk, have a mouth that never speaks, have a head that never weeps, and have a bed but never sleeps?

A guy in his thirties is found dead in a forest. The shocking thing about the body is that he is wearing his swimming trunks snorkel and a facemask.

For your information, the nearest lake is some 10 miles away and the sea is hundreds of miles away.

How did he die then?

What is the word or phrase?

What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?