Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

One night, a woman receives a call from the police. They tell her that her husband was murdered and that she should come to the crime scene as soon as possible. The woman drops the phone, shocked, and drives 20 minutes to the crime scene. As soon as she reaches the crime scene, the police arrest her and she is convicted of murder. How do the police know she committed the crime?

Can you count the number of squares in the given picture?

Today is John's birthday.
A year ago, John had five candles and he lit all the candles except the one at the last.
Now he is going to light all the candles.

How old is John Today?

(He is not five today.....)

John was running from 40 thieves. John has got 3 gold boxes which weigh as 4kg, 2kg, and 1kg respectively. A witty man asked John to stay with him for seven days in exchange for 1kg gold per day. John needs to stay there for seven days and also do not want to give the witty man any advance. How can John pay for his seven days stay?

Analyze and find the missing item in the sequence:
16, 06, 68, 88, __, 98

Can you solve the below geography rebus by decoding the below rebus ?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

John named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third Charlie and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son's name?

I am a type of word that is spelt incorrectly or used differently, on purpose for humour. What am I?
Hint 1: You can find me in a joke.
Hint 2: I am a play on words.