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

If a shopkeeper can only place the weights on one side of the common balance. For example, if he has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names of the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000? This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.

2 ladies and 2 girls need to cross a river in a boat big enough for 1 LADY or 2 girls. How do they do it?

What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together.

Can you move 2 matchsticks to form four equal sized squares.

There is a jar in which there are two types of candies.
20 blueberries and 16 strawberries. You perform the following steps:
1) You take out two candies.
2) If the two candies are of the same flavour, you add a blueberry one otherwise, you add the strawberry one.

You repeat these two steps till there is just one candy remaining in the jar. Which flavoured candy will be left?

The current time can be represented by below textual rebus.

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Can you tell us the current time?

Can you name an animal whose killing cannot be performed without spilling your own blood?

If an earthquake is 1 point higher on the Richter Scale than another earthquake which is actually 10 times stronger, how much stronger would an earthquake be if it was just half a point higher on the Richter scale?