How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

Can it be possible to build a house that has all its four walls facing towards the South?

Can you complete the sequence?

192, 021, 222, 324, 252, 627, 2__, 9__?

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?

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

what does this picture(rebus) riddle means ?

You’re out on the water and see a boat filled with people. You look away for a second and look back again, but this time you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Hint: The boat did not sink.

On a windy rainy night , I was driving in my car.
When i reach the bus stand , i see three people waiting for the bus.

1. An old lady who needs an immediate medical attention
2. My Best Friend
3. Girl whom i love from childhood

My car is a two seat, so can you tell me , what i have done in this situation ?

You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different. How do you measure 45 minutes?

Alex is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alex survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)