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A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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?

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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!

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

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

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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