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Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

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?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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