Solution:

A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.

Of course morning, noon, and night are metaphors for the times in a man's (person's) life. Such metaphors are common in riddles. There were two Thebes, apparently this Thebes was the one in Greece. And this Sphinx was apparently not the one at Giza, in Egypt.

Solution:

A cigar stuck in the wall

Solution:

C7 => B8
Exchange pawn for a knight

Check-Mate

GameOver

Solution:

Since every bacterium divides into two in two minutes and we know the fact that the dish was half filled with bacteria at 3 pm, after exactly 2 minutes, all will divide into two and will fill the petri dish. Thus, the petri dish will become full at 3:02 pm.

Solution:

The attached picture shows you how you can do it. If you were able to deduce any other way, feel free to comment.

Solution:

23rd day

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 = 276

Thus our anniversary falls on the 23rd day of the month.

You can apply other formulas to shorten the process but that is the simplest way to do it.

Solution:

Solution is shown in image below

Solution:

Costa

Explanation:
c + 1 characters-> d
o + 2 characters-> q
s + 3 characters-> v
t + 4 characters-> x
a + 5 characters-> f

=> dqvxf = costa

Solution:

The two numbers are 4 and 13 whose product is 52 and sum is 17.

Solution:

charles put the ring into the box, secure it with one of your locks, and send the box to the girl firend.
She should then attach one of his own locks and return it. When you receive it again, remove your lock and send it back with her lock. Now she can unlock his own lock and retrieve the object.

Solution:

7

Explanation:
8th is bald man head, check the video below.