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People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
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What disappears the moment you say its name?
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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
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Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?
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I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
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I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in mourning, and I last 'til the end of days. Men plant me, but I never grow. They run from me, but I never move. They look at me and see their future, rotting in the fields where I bloom. What am I?
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What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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What gets broken without being held?
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Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die
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What can you catch but not throw?
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A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
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How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000?
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In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?
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What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
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Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?
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Mr. Smith has two children. If the older child is a boy, what are the odds that the other child is also a boy?
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There is a chain nailed to the wall. The chain is 10 feet long and the centre of the chain dips down 5 feet from where each side of the chain is nailed to the wall. How far are the 2 ends of chain from each other?
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There are two planes. One is going from New York to London at a speed of 600 MPH. The other is travelling from London to New York at a speed of 500 MPH. When the planes meet which one will be closer to London?
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If 1+9+8=1, what is 2+8+9?
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How can you make the following true by changing a single line? 5+5+5=550
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If you toss a coin 10 times and it lands heads up every time, what are the chances it will land heads up if you toss it again?
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What walks on four legs in the morning; two legs at midday; and three legs in the evening?
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A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?
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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in port. The bottom rung of the ladder touches the water. The distance between rungs is 30cm, and the length of the ladder is 270cm. If the tide is rising at a rate of 15cm per hour, how long will it be before the water reaches the top rung?
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Why can’t a man living in California be legally buried in New York (even if it’s left as an instruction in his will)?
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A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then exclaims rather cryptically: “Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is the man in the portrait?
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Which letter of the alphabet can you add four letters to without changing its pronunciation?
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Three or four, I can stab through or rule the seas. You know my cousins. What am I?
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Precious stones in a pack of cards
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Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead!
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