What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

Find the next number in the following series:
6, 14, 26, 98, __?

Can you find out who is the kidnapper in below Picture and why, Explain ?

A non-stop marathon is the shared favourite sport of three brothers.

*The oldest one is fat and short and trudges slowly on.
*The middle brother's tall and slim and keeps a steady pace.
*The youngest runs just like the wind, speeding through the race.

"He is young in years, we let him run!" the other two brothers explained, "'because though he is surely number one, he is second, in a way." Why is it?

As easy as you can get into me, it is as hard to get out of me.

Do you know what I am?

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

If Bihan is 10, Anirudha is 20, and Kim and Seal are both 5, but Rikold is 10, how much is Kenniger by the same trend?

Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?

Three friends decide to distribute the soda cans they had among them. When all of them had drunk four cans each, the total number of cans that remained was equal to the cans each one of them had after they had divided the cans.

Can you calculate the total number of cans before distribution?

This puzzle is for Harry Potter fans. Do you know why Tom Riddle is called Lord Voldemort?