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I live in a house of stone. I never leave, but some claim I've been lost. Through seven windows I see the world. I need to exercise or I become lazy. When I die, my house slowly decays too. What am I?
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The brain (The seven windows refers to the holes in the skull - two eyes, two nostrils, a mouth, and two ears)
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challenging
Beautiful lights, A land of much darkness. A city a-way, It might fit the Starks best. She shows her age, Her port has no flavor. In let the cook, Five species to savor.
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Anchorage. (You can see the northern lights from the anchorage area when conditions are right; The "land" of Alaska is known for long periods of darkness during winter months; It's a city. A-way is a play on 'Anchors a-weigh'. A hint for Anchor; Winterfell / Alaska ... I imagined the Stark family might feel at home; AnchorAGE - she shows her age; Port of Anchorage. No flavor as in not 'port wine', but a port city; Captain James Cook first sailed into present day Anchorage which sits on Cook inlet. Year 1775; Known for its Salmon. Of which there are 5 species.)
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challenging
In times of crisis, I am priceless. I’m illegal, yet permissible. Enemies call me despicable.. But what is my profession? That is the question. Concealed among bureaucrats, who administer resources, diplomats. Researchers and scholars affected, distrust spreads, disconnected. My identity I hide, but with you I confide. Or have I left you eyeless, With my politeness?
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A spy.
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20
easy
Silky and soft we are, perfuming your lives. Take us to your love, but beware of our knives. What are we?
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A rose.
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2
easy
I am always here, When people see me, they never cheer. Nobody welcomes me, I lack popularity. My counterpart is a beautiful lie, While I am a painful truth. What am I?
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Death.
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19
easy
You are my Brother, but I am not your Brother. Who am I?
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Your sister.
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20
normal
I clear the name of guilty men and mixed with common items I am deadly. What am I?
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Bleach/ammonia.
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easy
He comes with tales that could not be, Of wondrous visions eyes can’t see. His fables birthed from what you know, Yet when he leaves they too will go. What is he?
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Sleep.
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easy
There are 2 people on a boat Pete and repeat. If Pete jumped off the boat who is left?
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Pete (Repeat is lowercase in the text and is therefore not a name but instruction to repeat the name again.)
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Light as porcelain, Harder than rock. Within a crazy dictator's stock. Round or long, small but strong, We number a hundred and three, times two. Want to find it? You're part of it, Darling, don't fear, for it's in you.
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Bones.
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