Logic Riddles

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

Question: There once was a horse that won great fame. What do you think was the horses name.

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

Question: You have two buckets: one with only white marbles and one with only black marbles. The two buckets have the same number of marbles.

How can you rearrange the marbles to maximize your chances of grabbing a white marble from each?