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I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

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?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

Which number can you put to fill in the sequence? 23 1 3 25 16 20 6 9 20 ?
19 Explanation: Position of first letter of the words in the question in alphabets.

What has an eye but can not see?

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