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

Thirty friends were on a hiking trip when they decided to enjoy the bonfire. They assembled for it and agreed to play a game. For that, they divided themselves into five teams with seven members each, forming five rows.

How did they manage to achieve this formation?

When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?

I know a ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top rows of the computer keyboard.

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

S T O R M +
S O L E S
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T O W E L
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If in a code language, DISTANCE is written as IDTUBECN and DOCUMENT is written as ODDVNTNE, the how will THURSDAY be coded as in the same language?

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?

I am quite hot but become too cold if you remove the first two letters. What am I?

You can see three almost identical images below. Can you spot the odd one out from them?