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Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?

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sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
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Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?

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The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!
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Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?

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The dates are in BC (Before Christ).
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Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
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There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?

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None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.
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I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

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Weighty
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Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth

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Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).
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I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

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Light
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A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.

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Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.
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Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

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Incorrectly.
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