How will you measure 15 minutes using two hourglasses of 7 minutes and 11 minutes respectively?

This puzzle is for Harry Potter fans. Do you know why Tom Riddle is called Lord Voldemort?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

The below mentioned letters have been placed in a order using a logic.

DEAD, BALL, FEAR, SHOP

Can you find the logic?

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?

How can you tell a raw egg from a hard-boiled egg?

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

If we tell you that there is a relation between the numbers and letters in the given figure, can you analyze it and find the missing letter in the last box?

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?