There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

A Club organizes a Running Race, and John, Jacob, Minda, and Tony participated.

The results are as follows

John beats Jacob
Minda beats Toni
Toni beats John

Who came first in the race?

A swan sits at the center of a perfectly circular lake. At an edge of the lake stands a ravenous monster waiting to devour the swan. The monster can not enter the water, but it will run around the circumference of the lake to try to catch the swan as soon as it reaches the shore. The monster moves at 4 times the speed of the swan, and it will always move in the direction along the shore that brings it closer to the swan the quickest. Both the swan and the the monster can change directions in an instant.
The swan knows that if it can reach the lake's shore without the monster right on top of it, it can instantly escape into the surrounding forest.

How can the swan successfully escape?

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

(it's a funny riddle)

There is a number which when you multiply by 3 and subtract 2 from the result, then the resulting number is the reverse of the actual number.

What is the smallest number that stands true on the statement?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?

Identify Me

Hint1: I am a god
Hint 2: I am a planet
Hint 3: measurer of heat

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?