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 black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Living above a star, I do not burn
Eleven friends and they do not turn
I can just be visited in a sequence, not once or repeatedly
PQRS are my initials
Can you tell my name accurately?

I am first found in caves, now prolific online; I am a depiction, a drawing, a symbol, or sign. I will convey whichever mood you could wish; or for that matter, a fist, flask, or fish. What am I?

In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly.
How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly

Readers with the highest levels of visual skills can find three differences between the pictures of a cow on the farm in 14 seconds. Can you? Test your visual skills now!

Only Highly Attentive Can Spot The Ladder In This Library In 7 Seconds! Can You?

What goes up but never comes down?

I am a seven-letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left. What word am I?

How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole of one foot deep, three feet long, and two feet wide?