Count the number of squares in the picture below.

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?

Why do you find that most of the buildings are deprived of the 13th floor?

What is the next number?

77, 49, 36, 18 ?

Two boys were admitted to a school. When the headmaster asks them about their parents, they tell him that they have same parents (father and mother). On further inquiry, it turns out that they both share the same date for their birthday.

"Are you twins," ask the headmaster.
"No," replies the boys.

Is it possible?

Akbar summoned Birbal out of anger.
He told him that he will have to face death.
He asked him to make a statement and if the statement is true he will be buried alive and if the statement is false, he will be thrown at lions.
After hearing Birbal’s statement, Akbar could do nothing but smile.
He gave him 5 gold bars and let him go.

What did Birbal say?

Find the hidden tiger in the given optical illusion ?

Move three sticks of the spiral below to form a square.

Can you think of any three-dimensional shape that comprises of exactly two surfaces?

There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

What is it?