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

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?

An artist while painting a scenic beauty, decides to paint three layers of blue colour on the sky.

Which layer will go on the first?

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

Which flower has two lips?

I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

You know three triplets: Frank John and Wayne (need to return your money). Frank always tells the truth while John and Wayne always lie. You meet one of them on the road and can ask him a three-word question.
Which question, will you ask?

You are confined in a room and given two metal rods. Out of these two rods, one is magnet and the other is the iron rod. They look starkly similar. You don't have any other metal object in the room.

How will you decide which one of those is magnet?