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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?

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

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