What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.

How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?

Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

In the below-given picture of a pretty girl, there is something wrong. Can you find out what it is?

Can you find a number that lies one third of the distance between 1/3 and 2/3?

What's the next in the series?

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?

James bond was pushed out of an aeroplane without any parachute.
He survived, How come?

Whats the next number in the below number sequence pattern.

When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?