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

I throw two dice simultaneously.

What is the probability of getting a sum as 9 of the two numbers shown?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

What building has the most stories?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

When 99 is considered higher than 100?

Rectify the following equality 101 - 102 = 1 by moving just one digit.

There was a competition where the contestants had to hold something. At the end of the event, the winner was a person who had no hands or feet. What was it that the contestants had to hold?

If you had a pizza with crust thickness 'a' and radius 'z', what's the volume of the pizza?

John went to a parrot shop in Mexico, and the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. John got excited and immediately bought the parrot. John went home and spoke many words, but the parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to the parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper never lied. Explain?