Who can jump higher than a Mountain?

Replace the question mark with the correct number in below Picture:

You are provided with a grid (as shown in the picture). Can you fill the squares with numbers 1-8 in a manner that none of the two consecutive numbers are placed next to each other in any direction (vertically, horizontally or diagonally?)

An artist while painting a scenic beauty, decides to paint three layers of blue colour on the sky.

Which layer will go on the first?

Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?

You need to cut a round cake into eight equal pieces with just 3 cuts. Can you do it?

Out of three Friends John, Jacob and Jonny one of them is a king, one is a bureaucrat, and one is a Spy.

The king always tells the truth, the bureaucrat always lies, and the Spy can either lie or tell the truth.

John says: Jonny is a bureaucrat
Jacob says: John is a king
Jonny says: I am a Spy

Tell me, Who is the king, who is the bureaucrat, and who is the Spy?

Can you find the key in the picture below?

Solve the counting riddle by identifying the number of triangles in the given picture.

What does this say?

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