My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

John and Jacob are twin brothers. One of them is a liar whereas the other one is a truth-teller.

I called their home number and one of them picked up.
I asked. 'Does John lie?' The person replied with a yes.

Whom did I talk with, John or Jacob?

By including only four matchsticks in below picture, you have to make "Four Triangles And Two Squares"

One day, I thought of ways that can be used for creating a palindrome. So I decided that I will turn into a larger number by adding the reversed digits to the original number and keep doing it till I finally obtained a palindrome.

I am not sure if this process will always result in a palindrome eventually but I was able to produce a four-digit palindrome. Can you guess my starting number?

Identify Me

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

If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

Andrew’s doctor gives him three pills and tells him to take one every half hour. How much time will have passed by the time Andrew’s taken all three pills?

John went to a parrot shop in Mexico, and the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. John got excited and immediately bought the parrot. John went home and spoke many words, but the parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to the parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper never lied. Explain?