In the image below, can you find the value of an angle(y)

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Sherlock Holmes was challenged to make a pre-drawn line smaller without erasing it. He did it in fractions of seconds. How?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

If 21x = 79x, what is the value of x?

Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

What is the next number in this series?

4,12,84,3612....

Count the number of squares in the picture below.

What is the last thing you take off before bed?

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?