John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

John is on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of him. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges.

Each crate is labelled. One reads 'apples', one reads 'oranges', and one reads 'apples and oranges'. He know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong.

If he can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can he label all of the crates correctly?

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

What is the largest amount of money that you can possess in change and still if someone asks you for a dollar, you won't be able to give?

A large container is kept in open under the rain. Every passing hour, the water collected inside the container becomes double what it was.

In ten hours, the container is filled completely. Can you calculate how long would it have taken to be filled in half?

A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

What number should come in place of the question mark below?

You can take four of the five letters out of this word, but the pronunciation never changes. What is the word?

I am quite hot but become too cold if you remove the first two letters. What am I?