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

I throw two dice simultaneously.

What is the probability of getting a sum as 9 of the two numbers shown?

What does the below image rebus riddle means ?

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Can you replace the question mark with the correct letter?

6 + 6 + 6 = N
7 + 7 + 7 = E
8 + 8 + 8 = R
0 + 0 + 0 = ?

If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?

Two friends were stuck in a cottage. They had nothing to do and thus they started playing cards. Suddenly the power went off and Friend 1 inverted the position of 15 cards in the normal deck of 52 cards and shuffled it. Now he asked Friend 2 to divide the cards into two piles (need not be equal) with equal number of cards facing up. The room was quite dark and Friend 2 could not see the cards. He thinks for a while and then divides the cards in two piles.

On checking, the count of cards facing up is same in both the piles. How could Friend 2 have done it ?

Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?

I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?