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

(it's a funny riddle)

What have one eye but still cannot see?

What brings you down but never up?

A Doctor always sneezes before the rain. Doctor sneezes, Will it rain?

What does man love more than life, and hate more than death or mortal strife; that which satisfied men want; the poor have, and the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

500 women soldiers are arranged in an array of ten rows and fifty columns in accordance with their respective heights. Now, the tallest woman from each row is asked to move out in the front. From them, the shortest one is labelled as Alpha. They are then asked to resume their original position.

Now, the shortest woman in each column is asked to come out in front. The tallest among them is labelled as Beta.

Can you find out if Alpha will be taller or Beta?

The dirtier I get, the whiter I look. Who am I?

By moving exactly three matchsticks can you make the below equation true.It can be solved by 3 ways.

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?