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You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that do not rust. What is it?
Sometimes it's silver but also gold. Printed on paper it's a treasure to hold. What is it?
A job that involves sitting in a highchair, wearing a black gown and smacking things with a mallet
I make billions of dollars selling Windows. Who am I?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.