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$\textbf{Butcher}$
A clerk at a butcher shop is five feet ten inches tall and wears size $13$ sneakers. What does he weigh?
$\textbf{Mountain}$
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
$\textbf{Interesting Word}$
Which word in English is always spelled incorrectly?
$\textbf{Picture}$
In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?$\textbf{Race}$
Joe has just passed the person in the second place of a marathon. What position is he in now?
$\textbf{Yolk}$
Which sentence is correct: "The yolk of the egg is white" or "The yolk of the egg are white"?$\textbf{Haystacks}$
A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks will he have if he combines them all in one field?$\textbf{Son}$
A father and son suddenly have a car accident. Father dies on the spot but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives in the hospital, the doctor says, "I can not operate on this child, he is my son!" How can this be?$\textbf{The Pet Inc}$
The Pet Inc is owned by three gentlemen pets: a dog, a cat, and a pig. One day, while they are chatting to each other. Mr. Pig says: "Isn't it a bit odd that our surnames match our species, but none of our surnames matches our own species?" The dog replies: "Yes, but does it matter?" Can you relate their surnames and species?
$\textbf{Someone's Name}$
Someone's mother has four sons: North, West and South. What is the name of the fourth son. You are asked to write down the name of the fourth son. What will you write?
$\textbf{Number of Routes}$
The shortest route from point $A$ to $B$ takes $10$ steps. How many such routes are there that do not pass point $C$?
The $25$ integers from $-10$ to $14,$ inclusive, can be arranged to form a $5$-by-$5$ square in which the sum of the numbers in each row, the sum of the numbers in each column, and the sum of the numbers along each of the main diagonals are all the same. What is the value of this common sum?