Random Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
One word starts with T and the other with W.

Answer
Tower and wrote.

While captive in the tower, King James wrote an entire book.

Workings

Hint
There are no larger squares than size 4 x 4.

Answer
There are 110 squares without a rook.

Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 35 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 12 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are  3 squares of size 4 x 4.

Giving a total of 60 + 35 + 12 + 3 = 110 squares.

Workings

Hint
Look at the first letters.

Answer
November.

This is the next month in alphabetical order:

April, August, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November, October, September.

Workings

Hint
The animal begins with the letter F.

Answer
Flamingo.
--ute = flute
c--el = camel
st--g = sting
car-- = cargo