Why is the Hole below a Lock?

How many squares, of any size, can you find on this chessboard which do not contain a Rook?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

Which English verb becomes past tense just by rearranging the letters?

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

John and Jacob are playing bets. John gives $10 to Jacob and Jacob deals four cards out of a normal 52-card deck which are chosen by him completely randomly. Jacob keeps them facing down takes the first card and shows it to John. John has a choice of either keeping it or looking at the second card. When the second card is shown to him, he again has the choice of keeping or looking at the third which is followed by the third card as well; only if he does not want the third card, he will have to keep the fourth card.

If the card that John is choosing is n, Jacob will give it to him. Then the cards will be shuffled and the game will be played repeatedly. Now you might think that it all depends on chance, but John has come up with a strategy that will help him turn the favor in his odds.

Can you deduce the strategy of John?

Which famous Hollywood movie name is hidden in the below rebus?

What has no start, end, or centre?

Can you identify the famous TV character from the rebus below?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?