What English word has three consecutive double letters?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

Identify the next two numbers in this series.

101, 112, 131, 415, 161, 718, ???, ???

If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?

Which digit occurred maximum times between the number 1 and 1000?

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?

There's a day, that comes around once a year.
To celebrate the man, you hold dear.
He gave you life, love and will pick you up if you fall.
When it comes to guys like him, He's the best of all.
Who is he?

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

There was a blind beggar living on the footpath of a street. Suddenly one day, the beggar's brother died. What was the relation of the blind beggar with the person who died?

PS: Brother is not the answer.