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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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I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?

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Ship anchor
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You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.

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The alphabet "N".
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Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
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Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?

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The dates are in BC (Before Christ).
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Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.

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Light and Bright.
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When is a man drowned, but still not wet?

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When he's trapped in quicksand.
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What room can no one enter?

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A mushroom.
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I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

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Lounger
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Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.

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dirty room
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