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

You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

Tell me the Hindi name of a Vegetable which if we remove 1st word will become a precious Stone and by removing the last word it will become a sweet eatable.

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?

I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?

How much will a 38° angle measure when looked at under a microscope that magnifies ten times?

I look at you, you look at me I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is to find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be the 'office'.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?