By removing one matchstick and adding one matchstick, can you convert the word "ZOO" to an animal name?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
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GAMES
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Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

1. Where does Easter come from before Valentine's Day?

2. Do you know what is in the middle of Valentine's?

3. What did the lady bee say to the man bee on the occasion of Valentine's Day

In a basket of apples,
when counted in twos, there was one extra
when counted in threes, there were two extra when counted in fours, there were three extra
when counted in fives, there were four extra
when counted in sixes, there was five extra.

However, if the apples were counted in sevens, no extra apple was left. Can you calculate the minimum number of apples that were present in the basket?

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?

I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?