There are forty elephants and they have forty-fore heads. How can this be possible?

Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?

At a Society election for president, precisely 963 votes were cast.
There is a total of 4 candidates that participate in the election.

The winning candidate exceeds the opponents by 53, 79 and 105 votes.

How many votes do each candidate gets?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

A frog is at the bottom of a 30-meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3-meter leap up the well. Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards. How many days does it take him to escape from the well?

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Can you identify the direction in which this bus is moving; left or right?

Hint: The bus is moving on the roads of London.

John drives to his office at 20km/hr. After reaching the office, he realizes that today is a holiday. He went back at an average speed of 30km/hr. Discounting the time spent in the stoppage what was the average speed of his journey?

Can you name any English verb that becomes its past tense by simply rearranging the alphabets ?

The person who makes it has no need for it. He who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know they are. What is it?