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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?

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If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.
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Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

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NOON
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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?

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A bar of soap.
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Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.

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Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.
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I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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Tree
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He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?

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A priest.
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Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth

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Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).
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What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?

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Mountain.
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I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?

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Envelope
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Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

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Meet
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