What is more useful when it is broken?

What kind of band never plays music?

How many runs at maximum can a batsman score in a normal one-day match? Consider the fact that the conditions are ideal and there are no No Balls, no Wide Balls and no Extras in that match.

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

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

The day after tomorrow will be three days before Tuesday. Can you find out what is today?

Assume there are approximately 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) people on Earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand? (For the purposes of this exercise, thumbs count as fingers, for five fingers per hand.) If you cannot estimate the number then try to guess how long the number would be.

In a jungle where there are no street lights or any other artificial source of lights, I notice a black snake crossing the road.
How did I get sight of the snake?