Find the Next Number in the Sequence

2 9 3 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 ?

Take number 1000 and then add 20 to it.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 30.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 40.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 10.

What is the total?

I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

What kind of storm is always in a rush?

Outside a massage parlour, there is a board that reads
"I only massage those who do not massage themselves."

Reading the above statement, does the masseur massage himself?

A clock loses 10 minutes each hour. If the clock is set correctly at noon, what time is it when it reads 3 PM?

Next Number in the Series,

5, 16, 49, 104, ?

John killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

One day, I thought of ways that can be used for creating a palindrome. So I decided that I will turn into a larger number by adding the reversed digits to the original number and keep doing it till I finally obtained a palindrome.

I am not sure if this process will always result in a palindrome eventually but I was able to produce a four-digit palindrome. Can you guess my starting number?

John left on a horse on Thursday , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday after completing his work. How did that happen?