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

In particular commonwealth games, a female participant won silver and gold medals for a single event.

How can this be possible?

What number comes next in the series?

5 15 5 18 5 24 14 20 _

What kind of band never plays music?

A cat, a dog and a monkey were stolen. 3 suspects got caught: Harish, Manoj and Tarun. All we know is each person stole one animal, but we do not know who stole which. Here are the investigation statements. Harish said: Tarun stole the cat. Manoj said: Tarun stole the dog. Tarun said: They both were lying. I did not steal the cat or the dog. Later on, the police found out the man who stole the monkey told a lie. The man who stole the cat told the truth. Can you find out who stole which?

While house hunting in London, I came across a very good leasehold property Discussing the lease the landlady told me:

'The property was originally on a 99 years lease and two-thirds of the time passed is equal to four-fifths of the time to come. Now work it out for yourself and see how many years are to go!

Suppose that you are trapped on the surface of a frozen lake. The surface is so smooth and ideal that there is no friction at all. You cant make any grip on the ice and no wind is blowing to help you out. You have just a mobile phone with you which has got no reception disabling you to call for help.

How will you plan your escape before you freeze to death on the frozen lake?

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

What kind of band never plays music?

There are five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the English language.
Can you tell us a word that contains all these vowels?