Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor was not the boy’s father. Who was the doctor?

You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different.

How do you measure 45 minutes?

Count the number of triangles in the below picture?

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

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)

Can you identify the Oscar-winning movie from the rebus below?

I am soft and cuddly that soothe your heart. But, If you pick my last name I am going to tear you all apart. Who am I?