If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

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

Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?

If Japan and Panama decided to merge into a single country, probably people will name it Japanama.

Can you think of two more such country's unions that could produce similar names like Japanama by overlapping their three letters?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.
Where's the father?

Yesterday I fell from 30 feet high ladder but I don't get hurt. Why?

A bomb exploded in a room full of married couples and no one died. How?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?