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When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

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.

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

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

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.

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