What Deficiency does the below rebus represent?

VIT_MIN

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

A maths symbol is hidden in the below Bar Graph. Can you decipher it?

I am a prime number.
The double of myself is equal to the square of me.

which number am I?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

A journalist was investigating a sacred cult in the jungles of Africa when he was caught by one of the person. He was confined in a cave till the leader arrived. The leader told him that he need to tell him a statement. If he thinks the statement is true, then the journalist head will be chopped off. If he thinks that the statement is false, his head will be smashed with a hammer.

What statement did the journalist make to survive?

What can you catch but never throw?

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

What does below science rebus mean?

Ag Ag Ag
Ag SPOON Ag
Ag Ag Ag

I am sure no one can have two things for dinner. what are they?