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I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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".

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