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?

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?

What word is identified by the below rebus?

Your Your Your Your Your
Your Your Your Your Your

As you can see that fifteen matches have been used to form an arrangement. What you have to do is remove any six of them to make them ten.

Move three sticks of the spiral below to form a square.

One evening there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of the others. One of the members of the family witnessed the crime.

The other one helped the murderer.

These are the things we know for sure:

1. The witness and the one who helped the murderer were not of the same sex.

2. The oldest person and the witness were not of the same sex.

3. The youngest person and the victim were not of the same sex.

4. The one who helped the murderer was older than the victim.

5. The father was the oldest member of the family.

6. The murderer was not the youngest member of the family.

Who was the murderer?

A train leaves from point A for point B at 80 mph. After half an hour, another train leaves from point B for point A at 60 mph.

Which of the trains will be farther from point A when they meet ?

What can go through glass without breaking it?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?