John named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third Charlie and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son's name?

A game is being played where eight players can last for thirty-five minutes. Six substitutes alternate with each player in this game. Thus, all players are on the pitch for the same amount of time including the substitutes.

For how long is each player on the pitch?

A boy purchased a book from a bookkeeper and gave him $100.
The cost of the book is $50 but the bookkeeper has no change, so he gets the change from the next shop and returns the boy his $50.

After some time the next shopkeeper came with the $100 note and told the bookkeeper that the note was a fraud, so he took the money back.

How much loss did the bookkeeper face?

Let's play a word game. Following are some meaningless words that can be completed by adding random letters on either side of the word.

For example, the word "rdo" can be formed into "pardon".

Using the same technique, can you complete the given words?
ecalc
airb
rinci
tibac
uidel
gorit
igna
eyho

What do the following words have in common?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo

Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

How many pluses should we put between the digits of 987654321 to get a total of 99, and where?

There are forty elephants and they have forty-fore heads. How can this be possible?

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?

What you cannot hold but it is yours?