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I have cities, but no houses. Mountains, but no trees. Water, but no fish. What am I?

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Difficulty
CASE 001Easy
What Am I?

I have cities, but no houses. Mountains, but no trees. Water, but no fish. What am I?

CASE 002Easy
Classic

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

CASE 003Tricky
What Am I?

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?

CASE 004Easy
Classic

What gets wetter the more it dries?

CASE 005Tricky
Wordplay

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?

CASE 006Easy
Classic

What has to be broken before you can use it?

CASE 007Tricky
Wordplay

What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

CASE 008Easy
What Am I?

What is always in front of you but can't be seen?

CASE 009Hard
Logic

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish, and each person gets one fish. How is that possible?

CASE 010Easy
Wordplay

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

CASE 011Easy
What Am I?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

CASE 012Easy
What Am I?

What cannot talk but will reply when spoken to?

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