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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

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