Walks on Graves at Night

This walks on graves at night yet in homes during the day,
Men are scared of it, women like it, children play with it,
It lives on dates and salt,
It is covered in hair,
Its name starts with ‘M’ and it is mentioned in the Quran.

What is it?

Moths.
Most species of moths are nocturnal, yet they are attracted to light and can be found in homes. Men, in the most generic sense, can be scared of moths (see Mottephobia) as well as the damage they can cause as pests to bee hives, grain, flour, trees and agriculture. Women like moths because of the silk they produce. Children frequently chase and play with moths. Moths are attracted to salt and love to eat rotting fruit (such as dates). Some species of moths are densely covered with tiny hairs and of course it starts with the letter ‘m’. Lastly, moths are mentioned in the Quran (101:4 (Asad) [It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion)

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Have No Face

I turn my head and you may go where you want.
I turn it again, you will stay till you rot.
I have no face, but I live or die,
By my crooked teeth.

What am I?

A key

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Two Three Ten Sequence

If:
2 3 = 10
7 2 = 63
6 5 = 66
8 4 = 96
9 7 = __

What is the missing number?

f(n, m) = (n + m) × n

e.g. f(2, 3) = (2 + 3) × 2 = 10

Hence, f(9, 7) = (9 + 7) × 9 = 144

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Plane Crash

A plane with 50 passengers crashes and everyone is killed, but there were only 49 bodies. How is this possible?

Two of the passengers were siamese twins.

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I Make Men Crazy

I can make men crazy,
I shine when you retire.
I move water without a touch,
My colors may cause you ire.

The moon. The moon has a long association with being crazy (lunar being the basis for a lunatic). It shines at night, when you go to bed. The moon’s gravity creates the ocean tides and when the moon is different colors it can mean bad weather is on its way.

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The Person Who Makes It Sells It

The person who makes it, sells it.
The person who buys it never uses it.
The person who uses it doesn’t know it.

What is it?

A coffin.

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Sixteen, Twenty-six, Then What?

Fill in the missing numbers in this number series.

16, 26, ?, 43, 50, ?, 61, 65, ?, 70, 71

The method to create the series is start by adding 10, then decrease the addend by 1 for each new number in the sequence. That gives us:

16 + 10 = 26
26 + 9 = 35
35 + 8 = 43
43 + 7 = 50
50 + 6 = 56
56 + 5 = 61
61 + 4 = 65
65 + 3 = 68
68 + 2 = 70
70 + 1 = 71

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The Start Of What You Might Conceive

I’m the start of whatever you might conceive.
Next I describe a Thanksgiving meal.
Last I transform to a state we all leave.

What am I?

begin, binge, being. Everything has a beginning, Thanksgiving dinner is known for being a meal of excessive consumption and the mortal state of being (or the state of a human being) is one which, for all our efforts to extend, will eventually end.

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When Set Loose I Fly Away

When set loose
I fly away,
Never so cursed
As when I go astray.

A fart.

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What Work is Never Finished?

What work can one never finish?

An autobiography. Unless you’re writing it in your death bed I suppose, but even then, how will you be able to record the time of death?

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