Find the Next Number in the Sequence

2 9 3 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 ?

A guy in his thirties is found dead in a forest. The shocking thing about the body is that he is wearing his swimming trunks snorkel and a facemask.

For your information, the nearest lake is some 10 miles away and the sea is hundreds of miles away.

How did he die then?

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

What is the next shape from answers A, B, C, and D figure?

what one word does the below rebus identifies?

Women do it once a year after they turn 19 but men get to do it only once in a lifetime. What is it?

I am a five-letter word and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last three letters and I am a drink. What word am I?

You have three orange, two pink and five purple balls in the drawer beside your bed. There is no electricity and the room is entirely dark. How many balls must you take out to ensure at least one ball of each colour at least?

It's pretty hard to give up.
If you remove a part of it, you will be left with a bit.
Even if you remove another part, the bit still remains.
Remove one more and it still remains.

What is it?

How many squares, of any size, can you find on this chessboard which do not contain a Rook?