A swan sits at the center of a perfectly circular lake. At an edge of the lake stands a ravenous monster waiting to devour the swan. The monster can not enter the water, but it will run around the circumference of the lake to try to catch the swan as soon as it reaches the shore. The monster moves at 4 times the speed of the swan, and it will always move in the direction along the shore that brings it closer to the swan the quickest. Both the swan and the the monster can change directions in an instant.
The swan knows that if it can reach the lake's shore without the monster right on top of it, it can instantly escape into the surrounding forest.

How can the swan successfully escape?

I know a country, If you remove the last alphabet of its name, it will become a part of your body. Do you name it?

In the given figure, you can see that four match sticks are used to form a square. Can you form five squares by using six matches?

I am not a bull but I have horns.
I am not an ass but I have a pack saddle.
Wherever I go, I leave silver behind me.

Who am I?

There is a basket full of hats. Three are white and two are black. Three men, Tom, Tim, and Jim, each take a hat out of the basket and put it on their heads without seeing the hat they selected or the hats the other men selected. The men arrange themselves so Tom can see Tim and Jim’s hats, Tim can see Jim’s hat, and Jim can’t see anyone’s hat. Tom is asked what color his hat is and he says he doesn’t know. Tim is asked the same question, and he also doesn’t know. Finally, Jim is asked the question, and he does know. What colour is his hat?

Can you count the number of triangles in the picture below?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

What's the next in the series?

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?

Which country gets ill every time?