Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?

Find the number of squares in the below picture

One fine day, an intellectual man came to the emperor's court with the aim of testing Birbal's wittiness. In order to do this, he challenged Birbal to answer his question and hence prove that he was as intelligent and witty as he was said to be.
He asked Birbal, Do you want me to ask one difficult question or a hundred easy ones?
Since both Akbar and Birbal had had a tough day and were eager to leave, Birbal hastily told the intellectual to ask him a single difficult question.
Intellectual: OK. Tell me what came first into the world, the egg or the chicken?
Of course, the chicken, Birbal replied with a smile.
This time with a note of victory in his voice, the intellectual asked Birbal, How will you demonstrate that?
What did Birbal say?

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

It's a test that will check your IQ.

Suppose you have one 11 minute hourglass and one 13 minute hourglass.

Can you measure exactly fifteen minutes using them ?

How many minutes are there in Feb 2017?

Note: The shortest answer is the correct answer.

What number should come in place of the question mark below?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

What building has the most stories?

Many have heard it, but nobody has ever seen it, and it will not speak back until spoken to. What is it?