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What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

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

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