There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

A woman shoots her husband.

Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.

Finally, she hangs him.

But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

What will you call your mother's brother's brother-in-law?

Can you move 2 matchsticks to form four equal sized squares.

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

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

There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.

Why?

I throw two dice simultaneously.

What is the probability of getting a sum as 9 of the two numbers shown?

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?