John killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
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GAMES
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Can you decipher the two rows to find the hidden word?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

See the given image carefully. What you have to do is move the blue checkers in the position of the black checkers and vice versa. You are only allowed to move the checker to an adjacent empty space. Do it in the least possible moves.

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

There is a wide field of corn. A goose finds its way into the field and starts running. Can you find out till which point the goose can run into the field?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

A lion and its tamer are standing inside a cage that measures 1 unit in radius. Both of them can effortlessly run at the speed of 1 unit maximum.

1) Suppose the lion is hungry, will he be able to eat up the tamer?
2) If yes, how long can the tamer survive?

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?