I am soft and cuddly that soothe your heart. But, If you pick my last name I am going to tear you all apart. Who am I?

A pet show was happening in my locality. I went down along with my kids. In that show, I noticed that all except two of the entries were cats. All except two were dogs and all except two were Monkeys.

Can you find out how many of each animals were present in that pet show?

What four weights can be used to balance from 1 to 30 pounds?

What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?

In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

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

The square root of number 121 is "11". What is the square root of the number "12345678987654321."?

A very interesting trivia question for all.

Why do men's shirts have their buttons on the right side and women's have buttons on the left-hand side?

There was a blind beggar living on the footpath of a street. Suddenly one day, the beggar's brother died. What was the relation of the blind beggar with the person who died?

PS: Brother is not the answer.

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?