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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?
sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

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

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

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