2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

How will you measure 15 minutes using two hourglasses of 7 minutes and 11 minutes respectively?

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

John was drowned by he was not wet. How?

Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

There are three Athletes (John, Tarun and Harish) and their individual Coaches (Jacob, Meenaxi and Priyanka) standing on the shore.
No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them.
There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons.
How can the six people get across the river?

After teaching his class all about Roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The teacher's only stipulation was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.