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

You are playing as white and given four rooks to checkmate the black king in four moves with the following rules 1. You can place one rook every move and ensure the black king should be in check position.2. After four moves the black king should be in the checkmate position.

I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?

Can you complete the sequence puzzle?

AR TA GE CA LE VI LI _

What brings you down but never up?

You have a three-gallon and a five-gallon measuring device. You wish to measure out four gallons.

John can eat 27 chocolates in an hour, Jacob can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Jolly can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes. How long will it take them to share and eat a box of 120 chocolates whilst playing Chess?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?

John killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

If you say my name, I will no longer exist. What am I?