In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

Baseball bat and ball cost $100. If the bat cost $99 more than the ball, what is the cost of each?

A thief is convicted in Mexico. He gets the death penalty. The judge allows him to say the last sentence to determine how the penalty will be carried out. If the thief lies, he will be hanged, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The thief tells the last sentence and to everybody's surprise some minutes later he is set free because the judge cannot determine his penalty. What did the thief say?

John went to meet his friend Jacob, but when he was about to reach the main gate, John notices that Jacob had a mighty dog who was fastened to the tree. The chain is long enough that it allows the dog to reach the main gate.

How can the John reach the main gate?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first two, and the last is three times the second?

I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?