How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

A woman who works in a sweet shop has a measurement of 32-26-36, is 5"4" tall, and wears size "6" shoes. What do you think she weighs?

I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Replace the (?) with the correct mathematical signs to make the expression equal to 59.

18 ? 12 ? 4 ? 5 = 59

If nine thousand, nine hundred nine dollars is written as $9,909,
how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred twelve dollars be written?

What has many teeth, but cannot bite?

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

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?