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

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

Which is the smallest number that you can write using all the vowels exactly once?

Name one eight-letter word with 'kst' in the middle, 'in' the beginning, 'and' at the end.?

Can you decipher the two rows to find the hidden word?

Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

John is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Jacob, John’s wife Hena and his business partner Jason . All three visited John on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit.
Police found John with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7B91011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it ?

1 + 9 + 8 = ?
considering, 28 + 8 + 92 = 10