Which three-digit number, made of consecutive digits, like 567, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square?

Given below is simple addition with a defined pattern pattern:
7 + 7 = 2
8 + 8 = 4
8 + 5 = 1
6 + 9 = 3
10 + 11 = 9

Can you analyze the pattern and find out the answer for:

4 + 9 = ?

Why is the Hole below a Lock?

I am not a bull but I have horns.
I am not an ass but I have a pack saddle.
Wherever I go, I leave silver behind me.

Who am I?

What you cannot hold but it is yours?

A bomb goes off.
Carnage.
One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be?

What numbers should go on the bottom line?
3 6 9 15
8 2 10 12
11 8 19 27
19 10 29 39
? ? ? ?

Can you identify the famous TV character from the rebus below?

One absent-minded ancient philosopher forgot to wind up his only clock in the house. He had no radio, TV, telephone, internet, or any other means for telling time. So he travelled on foot to his friend's place a few miles down the straight desert road. He stayed at his friend's house for the night and when he came back home, he knew how to set his clock. How did he know?

I have a hole in my back and legs I lack.
I live where I can’t breathe and I eat without teeth.
What am I?