You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different.

How do you measure 45 minutes?

A plane crashed between the border of Mexico and America. Where do you bury the survivors?

There was a strange boy who was born before his father. How can this be possible?

How high do you have to count before you use the letter “a” in the English spelling of the whole number?

The more you take me, the more you leave me behind.
Who Am I?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

What can jump higher than a building?

You are a prisoner sentenced to death. The Emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game. He gives you 50 black marbles, 50 white marbles, and 2 empty bowls. He then says, 'Divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls. You can divide them any way you like as long as you use all the marbles. Then I will blindfold you and mix the bowls around. You then can choose one bowl and remove ONE marble. If the marble is WHITE you will live, but if the marble is BLACK... you will die.'

How do you divide the marbles up so that you have the greatest probability of choosing a WHITE marble?

Can you find out the number that should replace the question mark with a valid reason?

I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?