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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.

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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.

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).

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

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