Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

You are on your way to visit your Friend, who lives at the end of the hill. It is his birthday, and you want to give him the cakes you have made. Between your house and his house, you have to cross 5 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home to make sure that you arrive at a friend's house with exactly two

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)

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

You can hear me, but you can't touch or see me.

What am I?

Identify the 10 differences between the two given pictures.

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

S T O R M +
S O L E S
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T O W E L
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Solve the puzzle by telling what does below picture means.

There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

What is it?