Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS

Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211

13 decks of cards have been mixed. What is the minimum number of cards that must be taken out from the above-mixed cards to guarantee at least one 'four of a kind?

Baseball bat and ball cost $100. If the bat cost $99 more than the ball, what is the cost of each?

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

You have a three-gallon and a five-gallon measuring device. You wish to measure out four gallons.

what's the probability of getting a king or a queen from a pack of 52 cards?

Keyboard words are not in alphabetical order, Why?

There is something which you can be arrested for attempting but not for successfully completing.

Alex is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alex survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)