Seventh one is Lampard and the eighth is Torres.

It is given that Persons seven and Eight are Torres and Lampard. So, we have only two possibilities:
P1. Person 7 is Torres and Person 8 is Lampard (i.e., exactly as they stated) OR
P2. Person 7 is Lampard and Person 8 is Torres

If P1 was correct, then both of them told the truth. In that case,

1. The first person’s statement “Seven of us are lying here” must be false (because two persons have told the truth)
2. If the second statement ‘Six of us are lying here’  were true, it implies that two persons told the truth (as already confirmed) and the rest lied. But then, the statement 2 also becomes  true, thereby contradicting itself. Hence, the statement can’t be true.
3. Statement 3 could be true – i.e., five persons lied and rest three told the truth – the last two that are ‘confirmed’ as true plus the Person 3 himself.
4. Statement 4 is the same as Statement 3. Hence, if statement 3 were true, Statement 4 also must be true (being the same), but then the No. of true statements becomes 4 (two confirmed plus the statements 3 and 4), thereby contradicting the statement 3 (as well as 4). Hence, the statements must be false.
5. If Statement 5 – that four of them were lying, were true, all statements from 5 onwards must be true because we have already confirmed four preceding statements as false. However, Statement 6 can’t be true because it says three of them lied, whereas we have already confirmed four statements as false. This, in turn, implies that statement 5 also is wrong.

Thus, If P1 were correct,  all other statements end up contradicting themselves, leaving only two statements true. But it would make the Statement 2 correct (i.e., six of them lied, which is already proven as self-contradictory. HENCE, P1 CAN’T BE TRUE.

Thus, P2 MUST BE correct. i.e., Person 7 is Lampard and Person 8 is Torres . In this case, both of them lied, thereby making the Statement 1 true – that seven of them (except Person 1 himself) were lying. Hence the result. 

5 octopus, 7 hippogriff and 6 sphinx

Total Count = 5 + 7 + 6 = 18
Total Legs: 5 x 8 + 7 x 6 + 6 x 6 = 118
Total wings: 5 x 0 + 7 x 2 + 6 x 1 = 20

100 cent is NOT equal to 10 cent x 10 cent. It is 10 x 10 cent OR 10 cent x 10.  (or 2 x 50 cent or 4 x 25 cent or 5 x 20 cent… etc.)

10 cent x 10 cent will be 100 cent² which makes no sense.

May be… she couldn’t find ’11’ on the dial…!

Four ‘Give’ and Four ‘Get’ => Forgive and Forget 

$16

The sons (youngest to eldest) got $16, $18, $20, $22 and $24   (16 + 18 + 20 + 22 + 24 = 100)

121

The King had given the aspirants infertile / dead seeds (seeds that won’t sprout).  Except the girl, all other contestants, in an attempt to impress the King with “the most beautiful plant”, resorted to cheating and grew their own plants. The only honest girl could not get ant plant.

5:19

Each watch is ahead of the previous one by 42 min. 4:37 + 42min = 5:19

“… a forty-foot ceiling that is twenty feet apart…” == Some crucial information seems missing. A ‘ceiling’ alone can’t be  “twenty feet apart”.  There must ne something else from which it is that much apart.