Count the squares in the matchstick puzzle below?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

What number comes next in the series?

5 15 5 18 5 24 14 20 _

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

John was running from 40 thieves. John has got 3 gold boxes which weigh as 4kg, 2kg, and 1kg respectively. A witty man asked John to stay with him for seven days in exchange for 1kg gold per day. John needs to stay there for seven days and also do not want to give the witty man any advance. How can John pay for his seven days stay?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

You have 1023 apples and 10 bags. You have to distribute these apples in these 10 bags in any way you choose. But when I ask for a certain number of apples you have to give them in terms of bags without transferring the apples from other bags. How do you distribute the apples?

Find the missing number in the sequence below:

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

Hint: It's not six. Think out of the box.

I have a sore throat and a severe headache. I have four tablets with me that are identical to each other and they do not have any cover on them. There is no way I can identify which tablet serves what purpose. The only thing that I know is that two of these four tablets are for the throat and the remaining two are for the headache. To treat my condition, I must take 1 of each. What will I do now?