John went to a parrot shop in Mexico, and the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. John got excited and immediately bought the parrot. John went home and spoke many words, but the parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to the parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper never lied. Explain?

A man is approaching a broad and barren land. He has a package with him. If somehow, he is unable to open the package before reaching the land, he will die.

Can you guess what is present in the package?

Find the next number in the series?
2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

John is found dead in a bare field. Nobody killed John,
John did not commit suicide.

Inspector Jacob found a bag just a few meters away from John which could save his life. What was in the bag?

Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

A high school has a strange principal. On the first day, he has his students perform an odd opening day ceremony:

There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?

Find out the missing number in the picture attached:

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C

This puzzle is for Harry Potter fans. Do you know why Tom Riddle is called Lord Voldemort?