When monkey rotate the gear, which mark will be hit 1 or 2 ?

What can go through glass without breaking it?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

What is at the end of a rainbow?

A deaf and mute man goes to the train station. Tickets for the train are 50 cents each. The man goes to the ticket booth and hands the man inside just a dollar. The man in the booth hands him two tickets.

How did the man in the booth know to give him two tickets without even looking at him?

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40, and leave 6.

How Come ??

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

In two decks of cards, what is the least amount of cards you must take to be *guaranteed* at least one four-of-a-kind?

In the Chess Board picture below white army is arranged. You need to add a black army on the board such that no piece is under any threat.
Note: Army comprised of 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns.

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?