Can you find out who is the kidnapper in below Picture and why, Explain ?

Do you know of a place where the wind blows south and then suddenly shifts direction towards the north?

You have to put a letter on the following to make it a meaningful word. The only challenge is that you can't use 'E'.

S E Q U E N C _

In a mathematical quiz, you are asked the following question:

Use three 9s in a mathematical expression without dividing or multiplying to form the number one.

Can you answer the question?

The person who makes it has no need for it. He who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know they are. What is it?

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Only one colour, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?

I am eight letters long - "12345678"
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition.
My 34567 supports a plant.
My 4567 is too appropriate.
My 45 is a friendly thank-you.
My 678 is a man's name.

What word am I?

During a secret mission, an agent gave the following code to the higher authorities
AIM DUE OAT TIE MOD

However, the information is in one word only and the rest are fake. To assist the authorities in understanding better, he also sent them a clue, If I tell you any one character of the code, you can easily find out the number of vowels in the codeword.

Can you find out the code word?

Find the Next Number in the Sequence

2 9 3 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 ?