Do You See It?

How many words can a pen with half refill write?

The barber of Town shaves all men living in the town. No man living in the town is allowed to shave himself. The barber lives in that town. Who then shaves the barber of the town?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

Name a key which is hardest to turn.

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
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GAMES
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A mathematics teacher took exams for his students. Out of the total students, 25% passed both the tests included in the exam. However, only 42% were able to clear the first test.

Can you find out the percentage of those students who passed the first test and also passed the second test?

You have a thousand Re. 1 coins with you. You have ten bags with you and you can put any number of coins in each of the bags. The condition is that if someone asks you for any amount between 1 and 1000, you must be able to give that amount by just giving the bag (you are not allowed to open the bag and give coins).

How will you do it?

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?