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

An exterior architect is asked by a builder to plant seven trees in a manner that there are exactly six rows of trees in a straight line and each row has three trees in particular.

How will he do it?

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

What does Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

Once upon a time, there was a castle on a square island. The entire island was surrounded by a 14m wide trench. The Romans had wanted to invade the castle and had brought a few wooden planks along with them to facilitate themselves in crossing the moat. The planks were however found to be only 13m long.

The Romans still managed to cross the trench. How did they do it?

I throw two dice simultaneously.

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

A man calls his dog from the opposite side of a river. The dog crosses the river without a bridge or a boat and manages to not get wet. How is this possible?

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car driving madly to a city. The car broke down and the husband had to go get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he locked the car before leaving. When he came back, the car was in the same state as he had left it but his wife was dead, there was blood on the floor and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?