In a race, five participants A, B, C, D, and E finish in the following order: A finishes before B but after C. D finishes before E but after B. What is the sequence of the finishers from first to last?
Answer: A. C, A, B, D, E
C finishes first, followed by A, then B, and finally D before E, resulting in C, A, B, D, E.