Which is the rope you never skip with?

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

Find the next number in the sequence

1, 2, 6, 21, 88, __?

What goes up but never comes down?

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Can you identify the famous TV character from the rebus below?

To tease, King Akbar told his most clever advisor Birbal to give his daughter one thing that she can eat when hungry, drink if she feels thirsty and can burn if she feels cold. King Akbar was shocked when Birbal gave Akbar's daughter one such thing that satisfies all of the above.

What did Birbal give to Akbar's daughter?

If I put in one bird per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two bird per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and birds do I have?

Find out the missing number in the picture attached:

Different lights make me strange by changing me into different sizes. What am I?