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I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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).

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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