Which number should replace the question mark?

In the given figure, move three matchsticks so that the resulting figure contains two rectangles.

An octopus has 8 legs. A hippogriff has 6 legs and 2 pairs of wings. A sphinx has 6 legs and one pair of wings. Now we have all 3 kinds and a total of 18 insects in a cage. We have a total of 118 legs and 20 pairs of wings. How many insects do we have of each kind?

What number should come in place of the question mark below?

What does this say?

ISSUES ISSUES
ISSUES ISSUES
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ISSUES ISSUES
ISSUES ISSUES

You are a prisoner sentenced to death. The Emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game. He gives you 50 black marbles, 50 white marbles, and 2 empty bowls. He then says, 'Divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls. You can divide them any way you like as long as you use all the marbles. Then I will blindfold you and mix the bowls around. You then can choose one bowl and remove ONE marble. If the marble is WHITE you will live, but if the marble is BLACK... you will die.'

How do you divide the marbles up so that you have the greatest probability of choosing a WHITE marble?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

Assume there are approximately 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) people on Earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand? (For the purposes of this exercise, thumbs count as fingers, for five fingers per hand.) If you cannot estimate the number then try to guess how long the number would be.

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

What type of tree can I carry in my hand?