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Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

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