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Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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.

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

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