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?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

There is a jar in which there are two types of candies.
20 blueberries and 16 strawberries. You perform the following steps:
1) You take out two candies.
2) If the two candies are of the same flavour, you add a blueberry one otherwise, you add the strawberry one.

You repeat these two steps till there is just one candy remaining in the jar. Which flavoured candy will be left?

There is something which you can be arrested for attempting but not for successfully completing.

Manish and Manoj play 5 games of chess.
Both Manish and Manoj win the exact same number of games. There is no tie at all.

How?

What goes up but never comes down?

Do you know of a place where the wind blows south and then suddenly shifts direction towards the north?

If,

A + B = C
D - C = A
E - B = C

Based on the above equations, find out the answer for:

D + F = ?

A Doctor always sneezes before the rain. Doctor sneezes, Will it rain?

It walks on 4 when its young, walks on 2 when it's older, and walks on 3 when its very old?