A man lives on the fifteenth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator, or if it was raining that day, he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up five flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why he does this?

Cristina was born in 1888. She just had her 30th birthday today how did that happen?

I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

Identify Me

Hint1: I am a god
Hint 2: I am a planet
Hint 3: measurer of heat

I am eight letters long - "12345678"
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition.
My 34567 supports a plant.
My 4567 is too appropriate.
My 45 is a friendly thank-you.
My 678 is a man's name.

What word am I?

what does this below rebus represent identXQQQQQME

Alex is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alex survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

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?