f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

What does this rebus means ?

PROG WORKRESS

We have shown you a regular water barrel as below. Without using any measuring device can you check if the barrel is more than half-filled or less than half-filled?

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

Things are just as they seem, right? Well, check again.
Can you count the number of tigers in this picture ?

Do you know of a place where the wind blows south and then suddenly shifts direction towards the north?

Next Number in the Series,

5, 16, 49, 104, ?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

I organized a small get together at my home.
In the party , i have a barrel with some whiskey in it.

Suddenly Guest 1 say 'I bet this barrel of whiskey is more than half full'.
'No, it's less than half full' Guest 2 replied.

I don't have any measuring instrument and without removing whiskey from it , how can i determine which of the guest is right ?

Rose, Lily and Jasmine decided to buy flowers for their moms on Mother's Day. One of them bought lilies, the other roses, and the third one jasmines.
'It's funny!' said the girl with roses, 'we bought roses, jasmines and lilies, but none of us bought the flowers matching her name'.
'You're right!', said Lily.
What kind of flowers did each of the girls buy?