Solution:

You can put one precious stone in any one of the bag and all the rest in the other bag. If you do it, you will get just a shade under ¾ probability of picking up a precious stone.

Solution:

The guard and the prisoner cross the river
The guard comes back
The guard and the girl cross the river.
The guard and the prisoner comes back.
The mother and the girl cross the river.
Mother comes back
The mother and the father cross the river
Father comes back
The guard and the prisoner cross the river
Mother comes back
The father and the mother cross the river
Father comes back
The father and the boy cross the river
The guard and the prisoner comes back
The guard and the boy cross the river
The guard comes back
The guard and the prisoner cross the river.

Solution:

Since the knife was in her hand which implies that she was planning to kill her husband "Inspector Montalbano".

Solution:

To do it, the marbles must be arranged as the vertices of an octahedron. If you are unsure, check the image below.

Solution:

Everyone will done one day or other.

Abraham Lincoln era is too old and we expect most of them(if not all) to be dead by now.

Solution:

The attached picture gives away the solution. If you can find another solution, do send us yours.

Solution:

From top to bottom, the flavors are :

nutty-chocolate
peppermint
orange
Jamaica
walnut

Solution:

The Bangladeshi seaman is the thief. This is because the Japanese flag cannot be identified as upside down as it is the same both ways. Thus he is just trying to escape the situation.

Solution:

If you notice the animated gif, you know that D, C and B are going to die. D dies directly after coming in contact with the object, C dies after being thrust by the spikes of the see-saw and B dies with the blue ball.

But consider the situation that the person at E stands for Ebola. Eventually A dies as well.

We thank 9gags for this awesome gif.

Solution:

There are 3 fruits (1 grapes, 1 apples, and 1 oranges).

Solution:

One of the cop will move clockwise while the other will move anti-clockwise every day. In such a manner, they will catch the thief in minimum seven days.