Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

What's the only room from which no one can enter or leave

Identify the hidden meaning behind this picture?

If 24H in a D => 24 hours in a day.
What does "64S on CB" stand for?

What can run but never walk, have a mouth that never speaks, have a head that never weeps, and have a bed but never sleeps?

Birbal was jester, counsellor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar.
The villagers loved to talk of Birbal's wisdom and cleverness,
and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him.
One day Akbar (emperor) drew a line across the floor.
"Birbal," he ordered, "you must make this line shorter, but you cannot erase any bit of it."
Everyone present thought the emperor had finally outsmarted Birbal.
It was clearly an impossible task.
Yet within moments the emperor and everyone else present had to agree that Birbal had made the line shorter without erasing any of it.
How could this be?

There were three women in all the swimming costumes!
One was happy and the other two were sad!
The happy one was crying and the sad ones were smiling.
Why was this?

Baseball bat and ball cost $100. If the bat cost $99 more than the ball, what is the cost of each?

How many triangles are there in the picture below?