I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

How many points are there on the globe where, by walking one mile south, then one mile east and then one mile north, you would reach the place where you started?

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

How do you go from 98 to 720 using just one letter?

Once upon a time, there was a castle on a square island. The entire island was surrounded by a 14m wide trench. The Romans had wanted to invade the castle and had brought a few wooden planks along with them to facilitate themselves in crossing the moat. The planks were however found to be only 13m long.

The Romans still managed to cross the trench. How did they do it?

If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

One fine day, an intellectual man came to the emperor's court with the aim of testing Birbal's wittiness. In order to do this, he challenged Birbal to answer his question and hence prove that he was as intelligent and witty as he was said to be.
He asked Birbal, Do you want me to ask one difficult question or a hundred easy ones?
Since both Akbar and Birbal had had a tough day and were eager to leave, Birbal hastily told the intellectual to ask him a single difficult question.
Intellectual: OK. Tell me what came first into the world, the egg or the chicken?
Of course, the chicken, Birbal replied with a smile.
This time with a note of victory in his voice, the intellectual asked Birbal, How will you demonstrate that?
What did Birbal say?

Which country gets ill every time?

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

What can go through glass without breaking it?