Can you find a five letter word that is left with only two letters if one is removed?

Irene killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

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

Can you make a fire with just a single stick?

A deaf and mute man goes to the train station. Tickets for the train are 50 cents each. The man goes to the ticket booth and hands the man inside just a dollar. The man in the booth hands him two tickets.

How did the man in the booth know to give him two tickets without even looking at him?

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

John and his wife were living in a rural place. On a particular day, John's wife fell ill and he called the local doctor. When the doctor picked up, he said, "Doctor, my wife is ill. She might have appendicitis."

"This can't be possible! I took out her appendix two years ago myself," the doctor explained.

When diagnosed, John's wife was found to have appendicitis. How can this be possible?

There was a blind beggar living on the footpath of a street. Suddenly one day, the beggar's brother died. What was the relation of the blind beggar with the person who died?

PS: Brother is not the answer.

Can you place six matchsticks in a manner that each of the matchsticks is in touch with the other five matchsticks?

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40, and leave 6.

How Come ??