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?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

As shown in the image, the nine Dogs are square fenced. By constructing just two square fences can you make sure that two Dogs cannot meet each other without crossing the fence?

Make eight squares by moving only two matchsticks.
Note- Square can be of different sizes.

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

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

Alex opened 24 presents
Jonah opened 8 presents
Clara opened 1 present

Can you find out how many presents were opened by Candy?

I never was there, I am always to be.
You have never ever seen me, not ever you will.
Yet I am the confidence of everyone.

Who Am I?

I am working in a bus company. The company recently went under expansion and therefore there was not enough room for all the buses. As a result, twelve buses had to be stored outside.

If the company decides to expand the garage space by forty percent, enough space to accommodate the current buses will be created leaving enough space for twelve more buses if the need arises in future.

Can you calculate the number of buses that the company owns at present?

A girl was sitting in her hotel room when she heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and found that a man was standing outside.
The man said, "Oh! I am really sorry, I thought this was my room."
He then walked through the corridor to the elevator. The girl did not know the man. She closed her door and called security asking them to apprehend the man.
What made her suspicious of that man? He might have been genuinely mistaken.