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?

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

If 1+9+8=1, what is 2+8+9?

Which is the rope you never skip with?

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

I organized a small get together at my home.
In the party , i have a barrel with some whiskey in it.

Suddenly Guest 1 say 'I bet this barrel of whiskey is more than half full'.
'No, it's less than half full' Guest 2 replied.

I don't have any measuring instrument and without removing whiskey from it , how can i determine which of the guest is right ?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

A high school has a strange principal. On the first day, he has his students perform an odd opening day ceremony:

There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?

A B C D E F G H

These are the letters given to you. Now you have to find out the letter that comes two to the right of the letter which is immediately to the left of the letter that comes three to the right of the letter that comes midway between the letter two to the left of the letter C and the letter immediately to the right of the letter F.

What is common among 11, 69, and 88?