What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

We have shown you a regular water barrel as below. Without using any measuring device can you check if the barrel is more than half-filled or less than half-filled?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Complete the series by replacing "?" with the correct number.

ST ND RD TH '?'

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

At the local model boat club, four friends were talking about their boats.

There were a total of eight boats, two in each colour, red, green, blue and yellow. Each friend owned two boats. No friend had two boats of the same colour.

Alan didn't have a yellow boat. Brian didn't have a red boat but did have a green one. One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat and another friend had a green boat and a blue boat. Charles had a yellow boat. Darren had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.

Can you work out which friend had which coloured boats?