In a race, five runners 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 order of finishers from first to last?
Answer: A. C, A, B, D, E
C finishes first, followed by A, then B, with D finishing before E, resulting in the order C, A, B, D, E.