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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.

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?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

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

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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