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?

There was once a college that offered a class on probability applied to the real world. The class was relatively easy, but there was a catch. There were no homework assignments or tests, but there was a final exam that would have only one question on it. When everyone received the test paper it was a blank sheet of paper with a solitary question on it: 'What is the risk?'.Most students were able to pass, but only one student received 100% for the class! Even stranger was that he only wrote down one word!
What did he write?

Find the next number in the series.
1 10 24 43 67 ?

John asked Jack, "The time right now is 7 pm. Can you tell me what will be the time 23, 999, 995 hours later ?"

While Bella does not know the answer, do you ?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

What is the next number in the series?

15 29 56 108 208 ?

Can you solve this amazing hard number series problem?
7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 ?

A beggar on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

They are the five precious gems of an everyday sort and all can be found on a Tennis Court. Who are they?

What month of the year has 28 days?