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?

What brings you down but never up?

My cousin lives in one story house in Antarctica. His house is made the of-of sandstone. what is the color of stairs?

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord' and followed a gunshot Sherlock smiles and informed the police that's its a murder.

Why did he think so?

You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?

The following "Brain Bat" means Slow Down.
S
L
O
W

Using the same logic, can you tell us what does the following Brain Bat means ?
E
V
I
G

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

Which part of London exists in France as well ?

For this puzzle, you might have to find logic in something illogical. But hey, it's fun and a healthy little break from your strenuous puzzle-solving sessions.

Can you decipher the meaning in the following cluster of letters?

ITIT,NCENTCENT

Things are just as they seem, right? Well, check again.
Can you count the number of tigers in this picture ?