Can you replace the question mark with the correct number in the below table sequence?

In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

A blonde put eyeliner on her head. Why?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

When I asked a girl's name she told me her name is the date '07/09/2001'.

I thought for a few seconds and then I got her name. Do you?

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

Why do we preferably have round manhole covers and not square ones?

A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

You board a train. The train will have to enter a tunnel soon. You are claustrophobic. Which place is the best for you to sit?