Can you place six X (crosses) in below board without making three in a row in any way ?

The below mentioned letters have been placed in a order using a logic.

DEAD, BALL, FEAR, SHOP

Can you find the logic?

Snow and Tyrion are two mad logicians who love betting. They placed 11 Candies at the table and designed a small betting game, in which both of them needed to eat Candies turn by turn with the following rules:

Rule 1: One needs to eat at least one candy.
Rule 2: One cannot eat more than 5 candies.

The one that eats the last candy will lose. Snow won the toss and needs to start. How many candies must Snow earn to make sure that he wins the bet?

John was driving a bus and got stuck when passing through an underpass. Then came Jacob with a needle and got the bus out of the underpass.

What did the boy do?

John is the son of Jacob.
So,
Jacob is the_____of John's father?

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

You have two buckets of 11 liters and 6 litres.
How can you measure exactly 8 litres?

You are playing as white and given four rooks to checkmate the black king in four moves with the following rules 1. You can place one rook every move and ensure the black king should be in check position.2. After four moves the black king should be in the checkmate position.

A King wants to send the diamond ring to his girlfriend securely. He got multiple locks and their corresponding keys. His girlfriend does not have any keys to these locks and if he sends the key without a lock, the key can be copied in the way. How can King send the ring to his girlfriend securely?

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?