I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First, he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

Count The number of F's in the paragraph below:

"FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS"

They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

What do you see here? Your task is to find three words hidden in the optical illusion

There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.

How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?

A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9's are used in these numbers?