Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

John went to a parrot shop in Mexico, and the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. John got excited and immediately bought the parrot. John went home and spoke many words, but the parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to the parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper never lied. Explain?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
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GAMES
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Count the number of balls in picture below:

There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five.
We know following clues:
1. Dan ran in the NY City Marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike consider being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a top notch computer consultant and wants to install Ben new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle.

Consider yourself to be a famous detective "Sherlock Homles", Can you find the killer?

The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member ?

What word is identified by the below rebus?

Your Your Your Your Your
Your Your Your Your Your

Railroad Crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that, without any R's ?

Can you identify the direction in which this bus is moving; left or right?

Hint: The bus is moving on the roads of London.

Can you decipher the below rebus?

PBLUESAISNUERSES