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

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?

Yesterday I fell from 30 feet high ladder but I don't get hurt. Why?

Alex opened 24 presents
Jonah opened 8 presents
Clara opened 1 present

Can you find out how many presents were opened by Candy?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Why do we preferably have round manhole covers and not square ones?

If I remove one from eleven it becomes Ten and if I remove one from nine also becomes Ten. How?

You are given a set of weighing scales and 12 marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. That is, a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. The device enables you to conclude either that the contents of the dishes weigh the same or that the dish that falls lower has heavier contents than the other. The 12 marbles appear to be identical. 11 of them are identical, and one is of a different weight. Your task is to identify the unusual marble and discard it. You are allowed to use the scales three times if you wish, but no more. Note that the unusual marble may be heavier or lighter than the others. You are asked to both identify it and determine whether it is heavy or light

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

A pond had 60 fish, out of which, all but 20 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?