Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.

1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

Describe your way of measuring the 45 minutes.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted, is punishable, but if it is committed, is not punishable. What is the crime?

What has many teeth, but cannot bite?

Can you spot the man between the coffee bean in the picture below ?

Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?

Two boys were admitted to a school. When the headmaster asks them about their parents, they tell him that they have same parents (father and mother). On further inquiry, it turns out that they both share the same date for their birthday.

"Are you twins," ask the headmaster.
"No," replies the boys.

Is it possible?

If you had an infinite supply of water and 5-quart and 3-quart pails, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts? What is the least number of steps you need?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

Can you find the odd number in the following?

2716, 4135, 5321 and 7145