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Jai Ganesh

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Tricky Questions and Answers - 6

Q: What can you make that no one—not even you—can see?
A: Noise.
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Q: What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more than you?
A: Your name.
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Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?
A: The letter M.
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Q: I’m so fragile that if you say my name, you’ll break me. What am I?
A: Silence.
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Q: If I drink, I die. If I eat, I’m fine. What am I?
A: A fire.
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Q: What’s full of holes but can still hold liquid?
A: A sponge.
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42. I have teeth but can’t eat. What am I?
A comb.
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