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What can you catch but not throw?

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

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

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.

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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.

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