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

Two men play a dice game involving roll of two standard dice. Man X says that a 12 will be rolled first. Man Y says that two consecutive 7s will be rolled first. The men keep rolling until one of them wins.

What is the probability that X will win ?

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40, and leave 6.

How Come ??

Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. What am I?

If you drop a 15 kg iron bar and a 5 kg bag of cotton from a height of 50 meters which will reach the ground first?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colours. There are eight of each colour (including red). What is the least number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?

An octopus has 8 legs. A hippogriff has 6 legs and 2 pairs of wings. A sphinx has 6 legs and one pair of wings. Now we have all 3 kinds and a total of 18 insects in a cage. We have a total of 118 legs and 20 pairs of wings. How many insects do we have of each kind?

What type of tree can I carry in my hand?

What has one letter and starts with an E?