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?

Here is what you have to do. You have to throw a ball as hard as you can but it must return back to you even if it does not bounce at anything. Also, you have nothing attached to the ball. There is no one on the other end to catch that ball and throw it back at you.

How will you do it?

A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he
is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs
plus one-half of an egg.
He walks a little further and meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
After proceeding further he meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point, he
has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?

This is a classy optical illusion puzzle. What more you can find except bricks in the image below?

If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?

What comes
Once in a Year
Twice in a Month
4 times in a Week
6 times in a Day

Find The Next Number in this series.
1, 2, 6, 42, 1806 ?

After undergoing a successful eye operation, A blind girl has just boarded a train to her home. The doctor asked her to open the bandages after 3 hours. On her train journey, she opened the bandages and within a fraction of the time she commits suicide by jumping off the train.

Though her operation was successful, Why did she commit suicide?