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

You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different. How do you measure 45 minutes?

Can you find the odd number in the following five choices?

1) 482636
2) 259807
3) 865195
4) 104739
5) 391744

A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

What has a ring but no finger?

A boy and a girl are sitting on the porch.
"I'm a boy," says the child with black hair.
"I'm a girl," says the child with red hair.
If at least one of them is lying, who is which?

Can you find the company name in the pictogram below?

Why is the Hole below a Lock?

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

1 + 9 + 8 = ?
considering, 28 + 8 + 92 = 10