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How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

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

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

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.

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