How many points are there on the globe where, by walking one mile south, then one mile east and then one mile north, you would reach the place where you started?

I am a white box having no key or lid.
Yet there is a golden treasure inside it.

What Am I?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

You are on a Boat in the mid of a river. You have two cigarettes with you. One of these two you have to light, how will you light the cigarette?

What does this rebus puzzle means ?

A man embarked on a questionnaire game. He kept asking the same question to whomever he found. The answer each time was different.

Can you guess what the question was?

I want to fill my bucket using both cold and hot water.
I have two taps for both cold and hot water. The hot water tap fills the bucket in exact 6 hours and the cold water tap fills the bucket in exact 4 hours.
I turn both of them simultaneously but I forgot to turn off another tap which removes the water out of the bucket. This tap can empty the bucket in 12 hours.

How Long will it take to fill the bucket?

Name one eight-letter word with 'kst' in the middle, 'in' the beginning, 'and' at the end.?