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What Night Creature Am I?
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My first letter is in ocean but never in sea. My second's in wasp but never in bee. My third is in glider and also in flight. My whole is a creature that comes out at night. What am I?
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Born in Massachusetts
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How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?
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Don't Want to Have it
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You do not want to have it, But when you do have it, You do not want to lose it. What is it?
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Hold the Tail
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Hold the tail, While I fish for you. What am I?
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My First is a Part
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My first is a part of the day, My last a conductor of light, My whole to take measure of time, Is useful by day and by night. What am I?
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Move Without Wings
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I move without wings, between silken strings, I leave as you find, my substance behind. What am I?
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Sitting on a Porch
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Two dogs are sitting on a porch - a fat dog and a thin dog. The little dog is the son of the fat dog, but the fat dog is not the father of the thin dog. Can you explain?
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What's the Least Number
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What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
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88 Teeth
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What has 88 teeth but never brushes them?
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My Voice is Tender
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My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
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How do you Spell
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How do you spell hard water with three letters?
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Glittering Points
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Glittering points that downward thrust, sparkling spears that never rust. What is it?
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More of Me is Hidden
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Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I?
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If it Takes 5 Microwaves
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If it takes 5 microwaves 5 minutes to cook 5 chickens, how long does it take 100 microwaves to cook 100 chickens?
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Must be Taken
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What has to be taken before you can get it?
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The Room of Fate
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A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
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Five Apples in a Basket
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Five apples are in a basket. How do you divide them among five girls so that each girl gets an apple, but one apple remains in the basket?
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house is in a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railroad track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?
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My Thunder Comes
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My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. And my rain dries all the ground it touches. What am I?
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Name-Called
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Name-called and favorite to eat, Has only two toes on print of feet, Colors many, Almost any Country child would have seen one. What is it?
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It Comes Only Before
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It comes only before, It comes only after, Rises only in darkness, But rises only in light. It is always the same, But is yet always different. What am I?
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Placed Above
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Placed above it makes greater things small. Placed beside it makes small things greater. In matters that counts it always comes first. Where others increase it keeps all things the same. What is it?
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Creatures of Power
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Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything’s pace, For all things must come to live under their emerald embrace. . . Either in their life, or in their death. What am I?
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I Weaken All Men
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I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?
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From House to House I Go
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From house to house I go, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. And whether there’s rain or snow, I always stay outside. What am I?
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At Night They Come
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At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen. Whar are they?
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My Head Bobs Lazily
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My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I’m cute, For my face is yellow, My hair is white, and my body is green. What am I?
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A Horrid Monster
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A horrid monster hides from the day, With many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey, And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay, And every castle ‘neath the sky. What is it?
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Runs Smooth but Cannot Climb
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Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb!
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Coastguard Confusion
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There were three men swimming in the sea. When the coastguard called them into the beach, only two of the men had wet hair. Why?
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