Solution:

I will be thrown at lions. Now if Akbar threw him at lions, Birbal’s statement will stand true and he will have to bury him alive. But if he bury him, the statement will emerge as false. Thus he had no choice left

Solution:

Adam and Eve were the only people without navel. As they were not born out of a mother, they never had umbilical cords and thus never had navels.

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Align the toothpicks to form TEN. Use one toothpick for each of the lines.

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Michelangelo juggles the diamonds across while crossing the bridge.

Solution:

Four

As the window was closed it is obvious that the six candles that were not extinguished were lit till they melted away entirely. Thus only four candles that were extinguished remain at the end.

Solution:

XIX is the answer which refers to nineteen in roman numeric system. On taking out one i.e. I, we will get XX that is equal to twenty.

Solution:

99 matches.

The number of matches will always sum up to one less than the number of players in a knock out tournament. You may calculate it in any manner. Thus 99 matches were played.

Solution:

Birbal drew another line that was larger than the pre-drawn line. Now the pre drawn line was smaller.

Solution:

I + IX = X

The equation read from the other side becomes X = XI + I which is false.

Solution:

2, 3, 10 and 10
To maintain the difference of eight and keeping in mind the third and fourth hint, the first and third cards can be 2 and 10 or 10 and 2. But keeping in mind the first hint, we know that the first card is 2 and the third is 10. Similarly, if we see the fifth hint, the difference between the second and fourth card should be 7. Thus we know that the second card is 3 and the fourth card is 10.