What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?

My friends called me Iron59 because my parents are a chemist and a mathematician. What is my real name?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

Can you divide the below-given shape into four equal and identical pieces?

Below, you can see some coding:
January = 1017
February = 628
March = 1335
April = 145
May = 1353
June = 1064
July = 1074
August = 186

Now deciphering the way it has been coded, can you find out how September will be coded?

Which statement is true out of the following?
One statement here is false.
Two statements here are false.
Three statements here are false.

How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?

There is a jar in which there are two types of candies.
20 blueberries and 16 strawberries. You perform the following steps:
1) You take out two candies.
2) If the two candies are of the same flavour, you add a blueberry one otherwise, you add the strawberry one.

You repeat these two steps till there is just one candy remaining in the jar. Which flavoured candy will be left?

A journalist was investigating a sacred cult in the jungles of Africa when he was caught by one of the person. He was confined in a cave till the leader arrived. The leader told him that he need to tell him a statement. If he thinks the statement is true, then the journalist head will be chopped off. If he thinks that the statement is false, his head will be smashed with a hammer.

What statement did the journalist make to survive?