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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?

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If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.
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6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY

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25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y
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I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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Gloves.
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Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?

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All the 12 months!
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I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?

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Envelope
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How many pairs of animals did Moses take with him on his Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood?

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It was not Moses, but Noah, who built an Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood.
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Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

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A coffin.
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What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?

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Nothing.
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What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?

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She can be my son's grandmother.
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The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.

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Chess pawns.
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