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

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

What has one letter and starts with an E?

They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

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?

During which month do people sleep the least?

A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9's are used in these numbers?

Always in you, Sometimes on you;

If I surround you, I can kill you.

What am I?

A wooden log balances equally on the scales when weighed with three-quarters of a pound and three-quarters of a wooden log.

Can you calculate the weight of the entire wooden log?

My first is in chocolate but not in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?