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?

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First, he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?

I get hot but I never sweat,
I cook food but I am not a chef,
I have a door but you can't enter me,
I have a light but I am not a lamp.
Who am I?

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

I look flat, but I am deep. Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but the food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry, and turbulent. I have no heart but offer pleasure as well as death. No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have. What am I?

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

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Three ants are going up a hill, one behind the other. The last ant then says to the other ants, 'There is an ant behind me!'' How come?