When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

Which three-digit number, made of consecutive digits, like 567, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square?

A Miser man decided to go on a vacation for a month. He goes to the bank and asks for a trip loan of $500. The bank officer asks the man that the loan can only be approved when he mortgage some valuable thing at the bank. Miser man mortgages his only car whose worth was a whopping $80000. The Bank officer laughed at him and approve the loan instantly. After vacation when the miser man returns, the bank officer asked him "Are you an idiot, why is your mortgage such an expensive car for such a short loan?".

Miser man replied with some reason and the bank officer agreed that the miser man is actually not an idiot.

What did miser man reply to the bank loan officer?.

Quickly Solve this riddle

7 - 4 + 3 * 0 + 1 = ?

Can you find the key in the picture below?

You Throw The Outside, Cook The Inside
Eat The Outside, Throw The Inside.

What Is It?

In the given figure, move three matchsticks so that the resulting figure contains two rectangles.

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

One day, I thought of ways that can be used for creating a palindrome. So I decided that I will turn into a larger number by adding the reversed digits to the original number and keep doing it till I finally obtained a palindrome.

I am not sure if this process will always result in a palindrome eventually but I was able to produce a four-digit palindrome. Can you guess my starting number?