What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

There are three boxes. One is labeled "APPLES" another is labeled "ORANGES". The last one is labeled "APPLES AND ORANGES". You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one fruit from one box which you choose.

How can you label the boxes correctly?

John is pretty weird. He likes toffees but hates chocolates. He loves books but never reads. He likes to build his troops in an online game but does not proceed with the war. He likes to go swimming but is afraid of water.

Seeking this behaviour, can you tell whether he likes balloons and parties?

Solve The below Equation:

ALFA + BETA + GAMA = DELTA

What has a bottom at the top?

A man is sitting in a bar when a rich man sits next to him. He turns to the rich man and says, “Did you know I know almost every song that has ever existed?”

The rich man laughs. The man then says, “I bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady’s name of your choice in it. The rich man laughs again and says, “OK, how about my daughter’s name, Jamie Armstrong-Miller?” Minutes later, the man collects his cash and the rich man goes home cashless. What song did the man sing?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

Find the missing number in the image below.

As easy as you can get into me, it is as hard to get out of me.

Do you know what I am?