Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS

Which famous Hollywood movie name is hidden in the below rebus?

There is a movie name hidden in the picture that is attached with this question. Can you find out which movie is it?

Can you convert the number zero(0) into a positive number using just one mathematical operator ?

Count the number of balls in picture below:

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?

There was an aeroplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the circles in a manner that each side of the triangle sums up to 17.

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?