If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

I want to fill my bucket using both cold and hot water.
I have two taps for both cold and hot water. The hot water tap fills the bucket in exact 6 hours and the cold water tap fills the bucket in exact 4 hours.
I turn both of them simultaneously but I forgot to turn off another tap which removes the water out of the bucket. This tap can empty the bucket in 12 hours.

How Long will it take to fill the bucket?

Mother's Name is Mrs. SIXTY TWO
Son's Name is FIFTY TWO
Daughter's Name is FORTY TWO
What is Name of Father?

You are given four results as below:
1111 = F
2222 = E
3333 = T
Then, can you find out how to code 4444?

Can you count the number of squares in the given picture?

I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?

Different lights make me strange by changing me into different sizes. What am I?

John was driving a bus and got stuck when passing through an underpass. Then came Jacob with a needle and got the bus out of the underpass.

What did the boy do?

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?