Find out the number of circles in the given picture having Illusion

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

At a Society election for president, precisely 963 votes were cast.
There is a total of 4 candidates that participate in the election.

The winning candidate exceeds the opponents by 53, 79 and 105 votes.

How many votes do each candidate gets?

There is a square piece of paper with a hole that is denoted by the circle on the top right side in the given picture. You have to cut the paper in a manner that it forms two and only two separate pieces of paper and then rearrange the pieces in a manner that the holes come in the centre of the paper.

What is the next number in the series?

15 29 56 108 208 ?

I throw two dice simultaneously.

What is the probability of getting a sum as 9 of the two numbers shown?

By removing one matchstick and adding one matchstick, can you convert the word "ZOO" to an animal name?

Can you count the number of quadrilaterals in the picture below?

In The 1st month of this year(the year 2013), I noticed that the date 13-1-13 (13 January 2013) is special.

This date is special as:

Date * Month = Year.

Can you figure out which year of this century has a maximum number of such dates?

A lion and its tamer are standing inside a cage that measures 1 unit in radius. Both of them can effortlessly run at the speed of 1 unit maximum.

1) Suppose the lion is hungry, will he be able to eat up the tamer?
2) If yes, how long can the tamer survive?