If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

It is always ahead of me yet I can never see it. What is it?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

You throw me out when you want to use me and you take me in when you don't want to use me.

Who Am I?

Something Extraordinary happened on May 6th 19778 at 12:34am what was that?

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

Can you count the number of squares in the given picture?

Find out a multi-digit number that if multiplied by the number 9 or any of its multiplications products (i.e. 18, 27, 36, 45,..) will result in the multiplication factor repeated (n) number of times.

Using Only Five 5's and any mathematical operator make sum as 37

A car meter reading shows 72927 miles a palindromic number.
what is the minimum number of miles you would need to travel to see another palindromic number on the car meter reading?