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

Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter. Then take away the rest of my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

Find the next number in the series?
2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

You have 1023 apples and 10 bags. You have to distribute these apples in these 10 bags in any way you choose. But when I ask for a certain number of apples you have to give them in terms of bags without transferring the apples from other bags. How do you distribute the apples?

Two friends decide to get together; so they start riding bikes towards each other. They plan to meet halfway. Each is riding at 6 MPH. They live 36 miles apart. One of them has a pet carrier pigeon and it starts flying the instant the friends start traveling. The pigeon flies back and forth at 18 MPH between the 2 friends until the friends meet.

How many miles does the pigeon travel?

What is both possible and impossible at the same time?

What number does the below three word/phrase identify and why?
1. Deck
2. Year
3. Singing in the Rain

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

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?