What number comes next in this sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 _

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

John was drowned by he was not wet. How?

John has played 50 ODI's and his average is 50. How many runs should he score in his 51st ODI, so that his average score jumps to 51?

What has hands, but can’t clap?

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

Complete the series by replacing "?" with the correct number.

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On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?