New situation puzzles

Sherlock Holmes had a secret room, and the key to it was in a chest of drawers. He didn’t let anyone in there – neither Dr. Watson, nor Mrs. Hudson. But when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson left, Mrs. Hudson decided to see what was in the room, took the key, opened the room, and entered. She walked around the room, approached a table, opened a book lying on it. Suddenly, she heard footsteps downstairs, and Holmes’s voice, “I forgot something.” Mrs. Hudson quickly closed the book, put it back, went to the door, turned off the light, left the room, closed the door, and managed to put the key back. Holmes took the key, opened the door, looked into the room, and immediately asked, “Mrs. Hudson, why did you enter my room?” How did Holmes know that Mrs. Hudson had entered his room?

A man looked out of the window and soon died. What happened?

In the 1940s, a real football game in Brazil ended with an unusual score of 0.5 - 0. What happened?

The killer was severely punished by his victim. Plus, instantly. How?

They had to throw away plenty of their valuables, but it didn’t made them upset. What happened?

Alexander shot at the king, but no one condemned him. Why?

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

A woman enters a large metal tube. She is overcome with fear and clenches her boyfriend’s hand tightly. She is visibly shaken. Her boyfriend gently rubs her arms and speaks softly to her, but is unaffected himself. A few hours later, the woman’s boyfriend tells her that it’s time to go and her torment ends. What was happening to the woman?

The man was afraid to go home because the man in the mask was there.

A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him, yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?

A New York city hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of 3 Canadians rather than cut the hair of one New Yorker. Why?

A man is stranded on an island covered in forest. One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process. There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off. How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)