Why Wine Glass Stem is so long?

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

Can you spot the hidden girl in the picture below?

Can you start the fire using two pieces of wood?

What does an Island and the letter T have in common?

I am an eight letter word and I am a computer terminology.
The second, third and fourth letters make an animal.
The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letters make a weapon.
The first, second, third and fourth letters can be taken as an outcome of any exam.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letter combine to form a high end typing software.

Can you tell who am I ?

Which alphabet letter is a question?

Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter. Then take away the rest of my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

What goes up but never comes down?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?