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

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord' and followed a gunshot Sherlock smiles and informed the police that's its a murder.

Why did he think so?

There were five men at church, and it started raining while they were outside. The four that ran still got wet, but the one that was still stayed completely dry. Why did he stay dry?

What does a man do only once in his lifetime, but women do once a year after they are 29?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

I am a prime number.
The double of myself is equal to the square of me.

which number am I?

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

A Shopkeeper collects 71 rupees in the form of 20 paisa and 25 paisa.
He collects a total of 324 coins.

Can you tell me how many number of 20-paisa and 25-paisa he got?

It's a test that will check your IQ.

Suppose you have one 11 minute hourglass and one 13 minute hourglass.

Can you measure exactly fifteen minutes using them ?

Can you make numbers like 24, using numbers 3,3,7 & 7 with any arithmetic operator?