I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?

Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

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

John left on a horse on Thursday , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday after completing his work. How did that happen?

What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

Always in you, Sometimes on you;

If I surround you, I can kill you.

What am I?

what does this picture(rebus) riddle means ?

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?

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

There are three light switches outside a room. One of the switches is connected to a light bulb inside the room.
Each of the three switches can be either 'ON' or 'OFF'.

You are allowed to set each switch the way you want it and then enter the room(note: you can enter the room only once)

Your task is to then determine which switch controls the bulb?