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

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

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?

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?

Take away the whole and some still remain. What is it?

There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.

Can you find out the probability that he had taken out a pair of black socks ?

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

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 ?

How can you make number one disappear by adding something to it?

What is common among 11, 69, and 88?