Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

I am beautiful, up in the sky. I am magical, yet I cannot fly. To people I bring luck, and to some people, riches. The boy at my end does whatever he wishes. What am I?

I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?

I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

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

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business.

If I remove one from eleven it becomes Ten and if I remove one from nine also becomes Ten. How?