If two fifty-foot ropes are suspended from a forty-foot ceiling that is twenty feet apart, how much rope will you be able to steal if you have a knife?

The below mentioned letters have been placed in a order using a logic.

DEAD, BALL, FEAR, SHOP

Can you find the logic?

You are a thief and you are being punished for your crime. People have tied your head down on a tree with a rope that has been anchored in the ground. A candle is burning below the rope which is slowly burning it away. Just below your head, a Lion has been left loose and is waiting for you to drop down on the ground so he can have you as his lunch.

You have to survive the scenario. How will you do it?

Place a mathematical symbol between the numerals 5 and 9 in such a way that the resulting number is greater than 5 but smaller than 9.

In the Chess Board picture below white army is arranged. You need to add a black army on the board such that no piece is under any threat.
Note: Army comprised of 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns.

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

Can you find the thief by just looking at the picture below?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

What is next number in the pattern below:

131 517 192 123 ?

What goes up but never comes down?