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.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

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?

Complete the following series. It.s very logical:

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, __?

Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still, I remain.
What word am I?

10+10 and 11+11 can give you the same answer.

Explain how?

What do you get if you add 2 to 100 four times?

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

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

There are five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the English language.
Can you tell us a word that contains all these vowels?