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I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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