What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

A boy collects white seashells from the sea and brings them home every night. When he has enough of them, he decides to sell them to a trader.

The trader is ready to buy the shells and he asks the boy about the quantity. At this, the boy starts calculating. He has a giant box that contains 3 mini boxes. Two of them have another mini box inside. If the giant box can hold 50 shells, how many brown shells can he sell to the trader?

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?

Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

John asked Jack, "The time right now is 7 pm. Can you tell me what will be the time 23, 999, 995 hours later ?"

While Bella does not know the answer, do you ?

You can see three almost identical images below. Can you spot the odd one out from them?

Can you find out who is the kidnapper in below Picture and why, Explain ?

What country can make you shiver?

Yesterday I fell from 30 feet high ladder but I don't get hurt. Why?