What can you deduce from the following BrainBat?

CRY
LMKI

In the Chess Board picture below white army is arranged. You need to add a black army on the board such that no piece is under any threat.
Note: Army comprised of 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns.

Find the next number in the series?
2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

The below given figure comprises of a pattern through which you can determine the missing letter. Can you push your mind to find the pattern and add the missing letter?

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

What is the word or phrase?

Outside a tattoo artist's shop, there was a signboard which read 'I make tattoos on only them who do not tattoo themselves'.

Reading it what do you think, does the tattoo artist tattoo himself?