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?

What does it mean?

A man was driving a black truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. A lady was crossing the street. How did the man see her?

A new Engineering building containing 100 offices had just been completed. John was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will John have to paint the number nine (9)?

How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day ?

Can you place six X (crosses) in below board without making three in a row in any way ?

Irene killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

John is on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of him. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges.

Each crate is labelled. One reads 'apples', one reads 'oranges', and one reads 'apples and oranges'. He know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong.

If he can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can he label all of the crates correctly?

Can you solve this amazing hard number series problem?
7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 ?