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What has a head and a tail, but no body?

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

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

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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