f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

A network of 20 x 10 squares is given to you.

Can you calculate how many unique squares and rectangles can be formed combining two or more individual squares ?

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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In particular commonwealth games, a female participant won silver and gold medals for a single event.

How can this be possible?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?

There was a kingdom in which the king had no heir to take over his thrown. Even the queen was dead and he himself was on the verge of dying. He thought about it and then summoned all of the teenagers. He gave one seed each to all of them and asked them to grow the plant. He announced that the one with the most beautiful plant will become the king/queen of the empire after the death of the king.

After a month, all of them were called. The king looked at all of the plants but announced the girl with an empty pot as the queen of the empire. Why?

A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor was not the boy’s father. Who was the doctor?

What does this rebus puzzle means ?

I am the largest in my family of fifty.
The youngest of our family lives separately from the rest of the family and so do I.
I am regarded as harsh and tough.
I am so large, you cut me in two equal halves,
each half would still be larger than the second largest member of the family.
Who am I?