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The Strawberry Patch

If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

5 cats (the ratio remains the same)

The Puzzle of Existence

What can you catch but never throw?

A cold

The Seven Problem

Seven men have seven wives. Each wife has seven sacks. Each sack has seven cats. Each cat has seven kittens. How many legs are there in all?

1,813 (7 men + 49 wives + 343 cats + 2401 kittens = 2800 beings with 4 legs each for cats and kittens, and 2 legs each for people)

The Disappearing Riddle

The more there is, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness

The Elemental Riddle

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?

A river

The Counting Problem

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

A deck of playing cards

The Open Question

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

Silence

The Key Problem

What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

A keyboard

The Simple Math

If you divide 30 by half and add 10, what do you get?

70 (30 divided by 1/2 equals 60, plus 10 equals 70)

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