1. A guy bet his neighbor $100 dollars that his dog could jump higher than a house. Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet and lost.
   Why did he lose the bet?

2. If you throw me off the highest building, I will not break. However, if you place me in the ocean I will. What am I?

3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

4. A word I know,
   
   Six letters it contains,
   
   Subtract just one,
   
   And twelve is what remains.

5. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?

6. What doesn't exist, but has a name?

7. What number comes next in this sequence:
   
   7 8 5 5 3 4 4 ?

8. If a hen and a half
   
   lay an egg and a half
   
   in a day and a half
   
   how many eggs can a hen lay in three days?

9. We are very little creatures; all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in a jet. Another you may see in tin, and a fourth boxed within. If the fifth you should peruse, it can never fly from you. What are we?

10. What year in this century is the same when its number is turned upside down?

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