Can you place six X (crosses) in below board without making three in a row in any way ?

Can you replace the question mark with the correct number in the below table sequence?

What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?

You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?

What brings you down but never up?

Next Number in the Series,

5, 16, 49, 104, ?

An apple seller is hosting a competition. He offers 1000 apples and 10 boxes to the people who pass by. The challenge is to put those 1000 apples in the 10 boxes in such a manner that if he asks for any amount of apples, the person can directly give him the boxes or a combination of boxes. If the person can do it, he promises to give a thousand apples for free.

If you happen to pass by the apple seller, will you be able to win a thousand apples?

In two decks of cards, what is the least amount of cards you must take to be *guaranteed* at least one four-of-a-kind?

I went to the bookshop and spent one-half of the money that was in my purse.

When I came out, I found that I had as many cents as I had dollars and half as many dollars as I had cents when I went in. Find the money in my purse when I entered the store.

Imagine a box with two cogwheels, one big with 24 teeth and one small with 8 teeth. The big one is firmly attached to the center of the box which means it does not turn or move while the small one rotates around the big one.

How many times do you think that the smaller wheel will turn compared to the box when it turns once around the big one?