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

I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?

Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still, I remain.
What word am I?

When Jack was six years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, Jack returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?

How can one talk without saying a single word?

Find the Next Number in the Sequence

2 9 3 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 ?

You can take four of the five letters out of this word, but the pronunciation never changes. What is the word?

The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday?

A spy was in Canada trying to steal insider information on how to set up new Maple Syrup factories in their country. He was introduced to the operations manager of the biggest factory in Canada. However, the manager was suspicious and decided to test him with a question before he trusted him. So he asked, “What would you be sure to find in the middle of Toronto?” The spy thought fast and came up with an answer for the manager. What was his answer?

1. What does:
TIM JOB
represent?

2. What does:
MO_ _
represent?