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

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

A swan sits at the center of a perfectly circular lake. At an edge of the lake stands a ravenous monster waiting to devour the swan. The monster can not enter the water, but it will run around the circumference of the lake to try to catch the swan as soon as it reaches the shore. The monster moves at 4 times the speed of the swan, and it will always move in the direction along the shore that brings it closer to the swan the quickest. Both the swan and the the monster can change directions in an instant.
The swan knows that if it can reach the lake's shore without the monster right on top of it, it can instantly escape into the surrounding forest.

How can the swan successfully escape?

What is the largest amount of money that you can possess in change and still if someone asks you for a dollar, you won't be able to give?

All of Jacob's shoes are red except two.
All of Jacob's shoes are green except two.
All of Jacob's shoes are yellow except two.

How many shoes does Jacob have?

When I got four, I have it none.
When I got two, I have it some.
When I got none, I have it all.

What is it?

Find the last number in the series below:

voN luJ yaM raM ---

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

What's the next in the series?

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?