I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

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?

I start and end with 500 and carry a 5 in my heart. But I require the first letter and the first number to be complete. I am the name of a King.

Who am I ?

Spot what is wrong here in below Picture?

On the dull night when the blonde was dozing, she heard an odd clamour and she saw that there was a bizarre man with a gun simply outside her home. So she raced to the telephone to call the police, however, she can't dial 911. Why?

What does the following BrainBat signifies?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ

QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ.

Can you divide the below-given shape into four equal and identical pieces?

Can you solve the below tricky visual equation?

Can you find a five letter word that is left with only two letters if one is removed?

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?