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?

John said, "If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Friday."

When did John make this statement?

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

You board a train. The train will have to enter a tunnel soon. You are claustrophobic. Which place is the best for you to sit?

You along with your friend are standing in front of two houses. Each of those houses inhabits a family with two children.

Your friend tells you the below two facts:
1) On your left is a family that has a boy who likes accounts but the other child loves science.
2) On the right is a family with a seven-year-old boy and a newborn baby.

You ask him, "Does either of the family have a girl?"

To this, he replies, "I am not quite sure. But can you guess that? If you are right, I will give you $500."

Which family do you think is likely to have a girl?

The product of three consecutive numbers is 7980.
Then the sum of these consecutive numbers would be?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

What word is represented by this rebus?

There was once a troop of 5 elves. The 5 elves were very dedicated on finding the magical treasure of 1000 coins. However, being elves, they were super geniuses, very greedy and they did not hesitate in taking lives of other elves. The 5 elves were named Aye, Bee, Cee, Dee and Ee, ranked from high to low respectively, from Aye to Ee. One fine day, their efforts brought results and they found 1000 coins. Now they had to split it in between them as per their ranks. The lowest ranked elf has to make the proposal. If the proposal is accepted by majority, it is agreed, or the suggesting elf is killed.

What proposal should elf Ee make ?

Complete the series by replacing "?" with the correct number.

ST ND RD TH '?'