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Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

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.

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