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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.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

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

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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