It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

Decode the below four famous ciphers:

8P of the SS
1M of the E
1S of the SS
60M in 1H

What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?

Known by all without exception, Forever here, for your protection, Sometimes strong, sometimes weak, Right after the night I come - hot and chic. And while millions of miles away, I always get to you, I find my way. No life around could do without me, Can you guess what I might be?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

In the Wild West, you are challenged into a death match by two bounty hunters nicknamed Golden Revolver (GR) and Killer Boots (KB). You accept the challenge. None of you want to waste any of the bullet and so a certain rules are laid down:

1) All of you will shoot in a given order till the last man standing.
2) Each of you shoots only once upon his turn.
3) If any one of you is injured, the other two will finish him off with an iron rod.
4) The worst shooter of all (which is you) shoots first and the best one shoots at the last.

Now, how will you plan things if you know that you hit every third shot of yours, KB hits every second shot and GR hits every shot ?

Find the Odd One Out?
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You have 1023 apples and 10 bags. You have to distribute these apples in these 10 bags in any way you choose. But when I ask for a certain number of apples you have to give them in terms of bags without transferring the apples from other bags. How do you distribute the apples?

What kind of band never plays music?