Kids Riddles

Question: Everyday a peasant must pay the king one pound of gold and leave it on a collection plate in front of his house. Every morning a guard comes by to make sure he has put a pound of gold on the plate. The king collects the gold every six days from the plate. If the peasant only has one six pound block of gold, how can he make only two parallel cuts and still follow the kings rules each day?

Question: You are running in a 400 meter race and you overtake the last person, what place are you now in?

Question: If you have a cake, how many pieces of cake can you form with 3 straight cuts?

Question: Christmas and New Year's Day occur exactly one week apart. So a New Year's that occurs right after Christmas should be on the same day of the week. But in the year 2020 Christmas will occur on a Friday and New Year's on a Wednesday.

Why is this?

Question: Paint me up to look real good,
Then take me to the shop to maintain under the hood.
Use a small brush to make no mistake,
Or just replace me with something fake.

What am I?