Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know his companion was smiling?

What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

A boy and a girl are sitting on the porch.
"I'm a boy," says the child with black hair.
"I'm a girl," says the child with red hair.
If at least one of them is lying, who is which?

In a rainy season, one day 3 huge ladies walked under a normal-sized umbrella.
The umbrella is not huge enough to accommodate all 3 ladies yet not a single lady got wet. Why?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

It walks on 4 when its young, walks on 2 when it's older, and walks on 3 when its very old?

You Throw The Outside, Cook The Inside
Eat The Outside, Throw The Inside.

What Is It?

A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.
Where's the father?

What word does this rebus represent?

meta meta
meta meta

There are a hundred statements.

First person says: At least one of the statements is false.

Second person says: At least two of the statements is false.

Third person says: At least three of the statements are false.

Fourth person says: At least four of the statements are false.

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Hundredth person says: At least a hundred of the statements are false.

Analysing it, how many statements do you think are false and how many are true?