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Jai Ganesh

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Tricky Questions and Answers - 7

Q: First you throw away my outside and cook the inside. Then you eat my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?
A: Corn on the cob. Because you throw away the husk, cook the corn. Then you eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.
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Q: What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A: A river.
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Q: What bird can lift the most weight?
A: A crane.
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Q: What goes up as soon as the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
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Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
A: Footprints.
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Q: I have all the knowledge you have. But I’m so small, you can hold me in your fist. What am I?
A: Your brain.
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Q: How much dirt is there in a hole that’s 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep?
A: None.
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