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Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

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.

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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?

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