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?

Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

Steffi's daughter Jazelle needs to be picked up from school every day.
Steffi asks one of her colleagues to pick up Jazelle from the school. Steffi devised a password system to confirm that Jazelle goes with the correct colleague only.

The password on Monday was SJM16.
The password on Wednesday was TAW39.

What will the password be for Friday?

Manish and Manoj play 5 games of chess.
Both Manish and Manoj win the exact same number of games. There is no tie at all.

How?

When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?

Why did Buffon take the goal with him after every Juventus match?

One day, I thought of ways that can be used for creating a palindrome. So I decided that I will turn into a larger number by adding the reversed digits to the original number and keep doing it till I finally obtained a palindrome.

I am not sure if this process will always result in a palindrome eventually but I was able to produce a four-digit palindrome. Can you guess my starting number?

A blonde put eyeliner on her head. Why?

Which point will the car reach to go out?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?