What number comes next in the series?

5 15 5 18 5 24 14 20 _

A Club organizes a Running Race, and John, Jacob, Minda, and Tony participated.

The results are as follows

John beats Jacob
Minda beats Toni
Toni beats John

Who came first in the race?

You are on your way to visit your Friend, who lives at the end of the hill. It is his birthday, and you want to give him the cakes you have made. Between your house and his house, you have to cross 5 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home to make sure that you arrive at a friend's house with exactly two

Spot the cat in the picture below

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

For an extra income, John decided to work at a Hotel for one hour daily. The manager offers him that they will pay him $11 after every 11 days.
However, John offered a different proposition to the manager. The offers stand as:
He will be paid just a penny on his first day.
Two pence will be paid on the second day,
Four pence will be paid on the third day.
And so on till the 11th day.

Should the Hotel manager accept his offer?

What Time Should the last watch show in the below figure?

Replace each alphabet with the number (1-9) to make the below equation correct.

AB * C = DE - F = GH / I

The current time can be represented by below textual rebus.

0
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B.Sc
LLB

Can you tell us the current time?

Buy me, smell me or deliver me, I do not change.

Who am I?