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

Can you find a pattern and the missing number in the series given below?

100, 155, 258,? , 584, 819.

Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

Out of three Friends John, Jacob and Jonny one of them is a king, one is a bureaucrat, and one is a Spy.

The king always tells the truth, the bureaucrat always lies, and the Spy can either lie or tell the truth.

John says: Jonny is a bureaucrat
Jacob says: John is a king
Jonny says: I am a Spy

Tell me, Who is the king, who is the bureaucrat, and who is the Spy?

A bomb exploded in a room full of married couples and no one died. How?

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

Cristina was born in 1888. She just had her 30th birthday today how did that happen?

Identify Me

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

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