Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

Two boys were admitted to a school. When the headmaster asks them about their parents, they tell him that they have same parents (father and mother). On further inquiry, it turns out that they both share the same date for their birthday.

"Are you twins," ask the headmaster.
"No," replies the boys.

Is it possible?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages.Pages 14 and 21 are missing from the newspaper.

Can you tell me , Which other pages won't be there as well ?

What does it mean?

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

You have a roll of cloth 1km long. You have a machine which cuts this roll into pieces of 10-meter-long cloth.

How long would it take for the machine to cut the roll if each cut took 4 secs?

I possess a head

I flaunt a tail

But I don't have mouth or legs

Can you find out who I am?

Why did Navjot Singh Sidhu put the new January calendar in the freezer

A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie, and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?