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?

Can you find the next number in the below sequence
3 , 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 17 ?

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

You have two buckets of 11 liters and 6 litres.
How can you measure exactly 8 litres?

The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

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Complete the missing letters of the given word.

When I get multiplied by any number, the sum of the figures in the product is always me. What am I?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

John went to a parrot shop in Mexico, and the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. John got excited and immediately bought the parrot. John went home and spoke many words, but the parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to the parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper never lied. Explain?

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?