What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

What does this say?

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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?

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

I am an eight letter word and I am a computer terminology.
The second, third and fourth letters make an animal.
The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letters make a weapon.
The first, second, third and fourth letters can be taken as an outcome of any exam.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letter combine to form a high end typing software.

Can you tell who am I ?

Edward James went for tiger hunting.

It was not his lucky day.



He got six tigers without heads, nine tigers without the tail and eight cut in two halves.

How many tiger did he hunted ?

You enter your friend's room. He is not in his room. Although you see that on the bed there are two dogs, five cats, two giraffes and three pigs. Also, a couple of chickens and ducks are flying in the room.

Calculate the number of legs standing on the floor.

A man wants to cross the pit of fire which is 25 feet in length and he has 2 planks(fire resistant) 19 feet in length. How can he cross the pit of fire alive?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

Which point will the car reach to go out?