Name one eight-letter word with 'kst' in the middle, 'in' the beginning, 'and' at the end.?

A bomb goes off.
Carnage.
One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be?

A pond had 60 fish, out of which, all but 20 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?

A Car driver was heading down a street in Washington. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a 'no left turn' sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the right side of the road past a cop car. Still, he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple.
Now all your friends have one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.
How?

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be ?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 ?

I start and end with 500 and carry a 5 in my heart. But I require the first letter and the first number to be complete. I am the name of a King.

Who am I ?

Peter wakes up daily to pick up his cycle and crosses the border between Spain and France daily with a bag on his shoulder. He is investigated daily by the officials but they don't find anything suspicious.

If we tell you that he is smuggling something what would it be?