Replace the question mark with the correct number in the below-given picture?

What is the word or phrase below?
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A man lives on the fifteenth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator, or if it was raining that day, he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up five flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why he does this?

Different lights make me strange by changing me into different sizes. What am I?

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

You walk into an old horror house. It has no power or plumbing. Once inside, you see three doors. Each door has a number on it. Behind each door is a way for you to die. Behind door number one, you die by getting eaten by a lion. Behind door number two, you die by getting murdered. Behind door number three, you die by an electric chair. You can’t turn back, so you have to go through a door. Which door do you go through?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?

Using Only Five 5's and any mathematical operator make sum as 37

Can you decipher the below rebus?

PBLUESAISNUERSES

Can you convert the number zero(0) into a positive number using just one mathematical operator ?