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

A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he
is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs
plus one-half of an egg.
He walks a little further and meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
After proceeding further he meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point, he
has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?

I am the first thing you need while camping.
I am always with the person named Marcos Valencia and Carrick.
But Pogba Zlatan and Rooney think I am wasteful and do not need me.
I am the second to the last thing to add when you are making a patch.

What am I?

There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?

You are in a room with no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet.
How can you identify which one is a magnet?

Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name, a boy's name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months

Below the four parts have been reorganised. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

How many pluses should we put between the digits of 987654321 to get a total of 99, and where?

I noticed one of the words in the oxford dictionary is spelled incorrectly. What about you?