In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

A woman is sitting in her hotel room and hears a knock at the door. She opens the door to see a man whom she’s never met before. He says, “I’m sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room.” He then goes down the corridor and into the elevator. The woman goes back into her room and calls security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

A man has a barrel filled with oil that weighs 100 pounds, and then he puts something into it. Now the barrel weighs less than 100 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?

The first person saw the bridge step on it and crossed,
the second person saw the bridge did not step on it but crossed,
the third person did not see the bridge did not step on it but crossed.
Who are these people?

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

You need to move three matchsticks to form three squares. Can you do it?

Too much grey makes things difficult. However, your task here is to find the elephant hidden in the picture.

I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?