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

How is this possible?

Use the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the symbols + and = to make a true equation. Conditions: Each must be used exactly once and no other numbers or symbols can be used.

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

What demands an answer, but asks no questions

Solve the rebus riddle in the picture below.

I am beautiful, up in the sky. I am magical, yet I cannot fly. To people I bring luck, and to some people, riches. The boy at my end does whatever he wishes. What am I?

You measure my life in hours
I serve you by expiring
I vanish faster when I am thin
and slower when I am thick
The wind is my energy
What am I?

Let's play a word game. Following are some meaningless words that can be completed by adding random letters on either side of the word.

For example, the word "rdo" can be formed into "pardon".

Using the same technique, can you complete the given words?
ecalc
airb
rinci
tibac
uidel
gorit
igna
eyho