Which is the rope you never skip with?

Akbar summoned Birbal out of anger.
He told him that he will have to face death.
He asked him to make a statement and if the statement is true he will be buried alive and if the statement is false, he will be thrown at lions.
After hearing Birbal’s statement, Akbar could do nothing but smile.
He gave him 5 gold bars and let him go.

What did Birbal say?

In a town, there are four houses located at different distances from each other. Following are the distances:

The third house is 60 meters apart from the first house.
The fourth house is 40 meters apart from the second house.
The third house is 10 meters nearer to the fourth house than it is to the second house.

Can you find out the distance between the fourth and the first house?

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

What do you call a fish without an eye?

Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filled with milk and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and the empty glasses alternate?

How far can you walk into the woods?

Forwards I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

John decided to give his bike 3 coats of paint. Which coat would go on the first?

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?