I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?

Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.

1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

Describe your way of measuring the 45 minutes.

An office is divided into 8 cubicles. How many of the cubicles are painted if only 1/8 of the cubicles are painted?

If we add four times the age of John four years from now to five times his age five years from now we get ten times his current age.

How old will John be two years from now?

The dirtier I get, the whiter I look. Who am I?

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40, and leave 6.

How Come ??

Two friends Smith and Andrew were talking about the bravery of their families. Smith told great stories about his courageous grandfather who fought for Britain in "World War I". Andrew told that his grandfather was so brave that in 1919 just after the war he was honoured with a bravery medal with the words "For our Courageous Soldiers In World War I" embedded into it. Smith knows that his friend is lying. How?

What do the following words have in common?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo

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

The square root of number 121 is "11". What is the square root of the number "12345678987654321."?