No one wants to have it, but if one got it, he does not want to lose it. What is It?

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. 'This barrel of wine is more than half full,' said Curly. 'No it's not,' says Mo. 'It's less than half full.' Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord' and followed a gunshot Sherlock smiles and informed the police that's its a murder.

Why did he think so?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

There are forty elephants and they have forty-fore heads. How can this be possible?

Can you find out the next digit in the following series ?

0, 0, 1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 9, 4, 12, 5, ?

How many runs at maximum can a batsman score in a normal one-day match? Consider the fact that the conditions are ideal and there are no No Balls, no Wide Balls and no Extras in that match.

Mr Red Lives in the red house.
Mr Green Lives in the greenhouse.
Mr Yellow Lives in the yellow house.

Who lives in the Whitehouse?