John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

Can you start the fire using two pieces of wood?

The product of three consecutive numbers is 7980.
Then the sum of these consecutive numbers would be?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

It's a 7-letter word.
If we remove 1 letter from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 2 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 3 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove all the letters from it, still it remains the same.
What is it?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name, a boy's name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months