Remove two matchsticks to make the below equation correct.

You are provided with a grid (as shown in the picture). Can you fill the squares with numbers 1-8 in a manner that none of the two consecutive numbers are placed next to each other in any direction (vertically, horizontally or diagonally?)

I add 5 to 9 and get 2. The answer is correct, so what am I?

Why is the Hole below a Lock?

Which fur should we be getting from the Lion?

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

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

There was once a college that offered a class on probability applied to the real world. The class was relatively easy, but there was a catch. There were no homework assignments or tests, but there was a final exam that would have only one question on it. When everyone received the test paper it was a blank sheet of paper with a solitary question on it: 'What is the risk?'.Most students were able to pass, but only one student received 100% for the class! Even stranger was that he only wrote down one word!
What did he write?

2 ladies and 2 girls need to cross a river in a boat big enough for 1 LADY or 2 girls. How do they do it?

You measure my life in hours
I serve you by expiring
I vanish faster when I am thin
and slower when I am thick
The wind is my energy
What am I?