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Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

What has an eye but can not see?

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

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

How many pairs of animals did Moses take with him on his Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood?
It was not Moses, but Noah, who built an Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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.

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