Solution:

4 years

issabella : 4 years old.
sophie : 10 years old

Explanation : issabella is 'I' and sophie is 'S'

equation 1 : 2/5 S = I
equation 2 : (S+2)= 2(I+2)
equation 2 : (S-2)= 4(I-2)
Solve above equation

equation 1: 2/5 of 10 is 4
equation 2: (4+2) is half of (10+2)
equation 3: (4-2) is one-forth of (10-2)

Solution:

David to play second

Explanation:
Let's suppose that David plays first and he picks 9. Then Albert will definitely pick 8. Now, David will have to pick 7 or Albert will pick 7 in his turn. But if David picks up 7, then he will score 16 that is beyond 15 and will lose. So one thing is for sure, no one will be willing to start with the highest digits.

Suppose David plays first and picks up 1, Albert will pick 2. Then David will pick 3 and Albert will pick 4. Now David will be forced to pick 9. The score is 6 to 13 and thus David will have no chance of winning.

If David Picks 9 after Albert has picked up 2, then Albert will pick 8 and the score will become 10 to 10. Thus David will pick 3 as picking 7 will send him past 15. Now Albert will pick 4 and David has nothing to pick for winning. Thus Albert wins.

Therefore, you should suggest David to play second.

Solution:

'five'

Its the count of alphabet

Solution:

They use the bricks and dirt from the tunnel to stand on it.

Solution:

See the figure for the answer. Wasn't it a bit tricky?

Solution:

The password is U472BMT.

Read aloud the line and you will sound something like "U Four Seven 2 B M T".

Solution:

Here is a way to do it. We dont know if it can be done using some other arrangement or not. If you know, do send us.

4 | 3 | 8
9 | 5 | 1
2 | 7 | 6

Solution:

If the man killed himself, he would not have been able to rewind the cassette. Thus it is clear someone else killed him.

Solution:

The person on 73rd number will survive.

Explanation:
Till the number is the power of 2, the last person to survive will be the one who started it. But since the number here is not the power of 2, we will take the greatest power of 2 that is less than the number which is 64.
100 - 64 = 36
36 people are killed as 2, 4, 6, ..., 72. Thus the sword will now be given to the 73rd person. Now he is the first person to start in the remaining 64 people. Thus he will be the one to survive.

Solution:

At each draw, the number of strawberry candies are either decreasing by 2 or not decreasing at all. In the case of orange candies, at each draw, they are either increasing by 1 or decreasing by 1.

Thus on an assumed outset with at least one candy in the jar to begin with, if the number of strawberry candies are 0 or are even in numbers, they will finish off leaving an orange candy at the end. If otherwise, the remaining candy will be a strawberry one.

Solution:

A cigar stuck in the wall