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Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?

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90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90
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Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.

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Light and Bright.
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The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?

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Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks
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When is a man drowned, but still not wet?

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When he's trapped in quicksand.
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I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

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Weighty
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I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?

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A cat (9 lives).
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Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?

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sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
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How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?

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The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!
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Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.

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A matchstick.
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Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

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Incorrectly.
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