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

You are a thief and you are being punished for your crime. People have tied your head down on a tree with a rope that has been anchored in the ground. A candle is burning below the rope which is slowly burning it away. Just below your head, a Lion has been left loose and is waiting for you to drop down on the ground so he can have you as his lunch.

You have to survive the scenario. How will you do it?

Which digit occurred maximum times between the number 1 and 1000?

John Went to the nearby store in a Mall to buy something for her home. Below is the conversation between the two:

John: How much for the one?
Shopkeeper: It is $2
John: How much for the Eleven?
Shopkeeper: It is $4
John: How much for the Hundred?
Shopkeeper: It is $6.

What is John buying?

A seven-year-old kid challenged his classmates that he can make the number one disappear by adding something to it.

How can he do that?

I possess a head

I flaunt a tail

But I don't have mouth or legs

Can you find out who I am?

Mr Black, Mr Gray, and Mr White are fighting in a truel. They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left. Mr Black, who hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first. Mr Gray, who hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next, assuming he is still alive. Mr White, who hits his shot all the time, shoots next, assuming he is also alive. The cycle repeats. If you are Mr Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?

What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first two, and the last is three times the second?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

There was a strange boy who was born before his father. How can this be possible?