Find the next number in the series?
2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

In the addition below, all digits have been replaced by letters. Equal letters represent equal digits and different letters represent different digits.
ABCABA
BBDCAA
ABEABB
ABDBAA
------- +
AAFGBDH
What does the complete addition look like in digits?

A woman shoots her husband.

Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.

Finally, she hangs him.

But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

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

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?