What is next number in the pattern below:

131 517 192 123 ?

An inspection by the superintendent of St. Joseph School was scheduled on the next day. The class teacher Jenifer knew that he would be asking questions from her class and she would have to choose a pupil to answer. To offer a perfect impression over him, the teacher explained certain instructions to the students to maximise the chances of getting correct answer every time.

What did she say to the students?

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

Arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 above and below the division line in a manner that the thus formed fractions equal to 1/3.

(You can use one number only once)

Tell me the Hindi name of a Vegetable which if we remove 1st word will become a precious Stone and by removing the last word it will become a sweet eatable.

Forwards I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

In a football game, Christina defeated Teresa by 2 - 0 but no man from either side scored. How can this be possible?

What is the end of everything?