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The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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.

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.

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

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