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

John replied, when asked how old he was. In 2 years he will be twice as old as he was five years ago.' How old is he ?

There are forty elephants and they have forty-fore heads. How can this be possible?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

You need to pick one entry from pot A and one from pot B to have a perfect match. Can you do it?

I come in different shapes and sizes.
Parts of me are curved, other parts are straight.
You can put me anywhere you like,
but there is only one right place for me.
What am I?

Which digit occurred maximum times between the number 1 and 1000?

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

What is more useful when it is broken?

While preparing the table for dinner, wife came up with an idea to tease his mathematician husband. She asked her husband to pick nine toothpicks and make ten without breaking any toothpick.

The husband was also smart and did it within seconds. How ?