Make eight squares by moving only two matchsticks.
Note- Square can be of different sizes.

Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know his companion was smiling?

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?

Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

Complete the table series riddle by finding the number that can replace "??".

Jenifer and Jesica are having a conversation.

Jenifer: I am definitely not over 30.
Jesica: I am 28 and you are surely 5 years older to me at least.
Jenifer: No, you are at least 29.

You are told that both of them are lying throughout in the conversation. Can you find their respective ages?

What kind of band never plays music?

A man says, "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is that man?

If you read clockwise, you can form a word by inserting three missing letters in the picture given below. Can you do it?

I start and end with 500 and carry a 5 in my heart. But I require the first letter and the first number to be complete. I am the name of a King.

Who am I ?