1 + 9 + 8 = ?
considering, 28 + 8 + 92 = 10

There was a competition where the contestants had to hold something. At the end of the event, the winner was a person who had no hands or feet. What was it that the contestants had to hold?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

I am lying and I always lie. Tell me whether I am lying or telling the truth.

Move four matchsticks to the below square to form three squares?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

What demands an answer, but asks no questions

I am a five-letter word and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last three letters and I am a drink. What word am I?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

What does this simple rebus mean?