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What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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.

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