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Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

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

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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