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Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

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