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What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

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?

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

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