What goes up but never comes down?

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

Cristina was born in 1888. She just had her 30th birthday today how did that happen?

Prove that twice of ten is the same as twice of eleven.

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

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

You can see three almost identical images below. Can you spot the odd one out from them?

What kind of band never plays music?

Find the number of squares in the below picture

A man started to town with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came to a stream which he had to cross in a tiny boat. He could only take one across at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How did he get them all safely over the stream?