What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

Can you solve below mathematical equation?

2^1234 - 2^1233

In a boat, the father of a sailor's son is sitting with the son of the sailor. However, the sailor is not present on the boat.

Can this even be possible?

In the figure, you can see nine stars. What you have to do is connect all of them by using just four line and without lifting your hand i.e. in a continuous flow.

There is a unique number which when multiplied by any number from 1 to 6, we will get the new number that contains the same digits only.

Can you find that number?

What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs during the day, and three legs in the evening?

Oedipus, the king of Thebes, figured out the answer to the riddle:

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

Can you place three balls such that the equation shown in the picture holds true?

Can you find a pattern and the missing number in the series given below?

100, 155, 258,? , 584, 819.

Sherlock Holmes was challenged to make a pre-drawn line smaller without erasing it. He did it in fractions of seconds. How?