谜语和脑筋急转弯问题集锦

谜语和脑筋急转弯问题集锦 1. Why couldn't the pony talk?    He was a little hoarse. 2. What part of London is in France?    N. 3. What country is popular on Thanksgiving Day?    Turkey. 4. What is it that is found in the very centre of America and Australia?    R.   5. If you throw a white stone into the Red Sea, what will it become?    Wet. 6. What was the largest island before Australia was discovered?    Australia. 7. What kind of table has no legs?    Timetable. 8. What has an eye but cannot see?    A needle.   9. What is the worst weather for rats and mice?    When it rains cats and dogs. 10. What star is not seen in the sky?     A film star. 11. What did the pig say when the farmer took hold of his tail?     This is the end of me.   12. What is it that I can see but you cannot?     The back of your head.   13. What is it that is always coming but never arrives?     Tomorrow.   14. What animal is you r girlfriend?     Deer. (dear)   15. Why is a river so rich?      It has two banks.   16. When does a car go as fast as a train?      When it is on a train.   17. Which runs faster, heat or cold?      Heat, because you catch cold. 18. A doctor had a brother who went out west. But the man who went out west had no     brother. How can that be?      Sister. 19. Why does the letter T look like an island?      It stands in the middle of 'water'. 20. 扑克牌花色：      heart  diamond  club  spade 21. 哪些词全部由元音字母组成？      Eye, I, aye 22. 哪些词全部由辅音字母组成？      Mmm, Hm 23. How can this be -- that two fathers and two sons carry three tigers, but each has one?      ......   24. What does this mean:                            S                              N                                O                                    W?      Snow is falling. 25. Who is closer to you, your mother or your father?      Mother, because father is 'farther'.   26. What month do soldiers hate?      March.   27. Can you explain what is free speech?      Your talking on someone else's phone. 28. What will you break once you say it?      Silence. 29. What kind of clothes lasts longest?      Underwear, because it is never worn out.   30. Why is an empty purse always the same?      There is no change in it. 31. What is even harder to catch if you run faster?      Your breath. 32. Why is the letter E so important?      It is the beginning of everything. 33. Why are the letters G and S in 'gloves' close to each other?      There is love between them. 34. What letter is an animal?      B. 35. What letter is a question?      Y. 36. What letter is the ocean?      C. 37. What starts with T, ends with T, and can be full of T?      Teapot. 38. Why is the letter A like noon?      It is in the middle of the 'day'. 39. What is the end of the world?      'D' 40. What letter separates Europe from America?      C. 41. What five-letter word has one left once you take two away>      Stone.   42. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but not once in a hundred years?      M. 43. What letter do most people fear most?      E, it is the end of life.   44. What are a banker's favourite vowels?      I-O-U.   45. What is the difference between here and there?      T. 46. What is visible only in wintertime?      Your breath. 47. What do you have that you can't lend to others?      Your shadow. 48. If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one, how many are left?      One, the dead one.   49. What does everybody know about the emperors of China?      They are all dead. 50. If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?      Your mother.   51. What is the difference between a monkey and a flea?      A monkey can have fleas but a flea can't have monkeys. 52. What does everyone do at the same time?      Grow old. 53. Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of money?      A bus conductor.   54. Which month has 28 days?      Every month. 55. Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from?      From a hen. 56. Why do giraffes have long neck?      Because their head are far from their bodies. 57. What number has nothing left if you take a half from it?      8. 58. What room has no doors, no windows, and no one to live in?      A mushroom.   59. What time is it when the clock strikes sixteen?      Time to have the clock repaired. 60. When do people have two mouths?      When there are 2 people. 61. Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?      Santa Claus. 62. What has a mouth but never speaks?      A jar. 63. If you had ten apples and ate eight, how many would you have?      Ten. Two outside and eight inside. 64. A motorist ran into a motorcyclist, yet the motorcyclist was not hurt while the     motorist was badly injured. Why?      The motorist was walking. 65. My parents had a baby. It wasn't my brother or my sister. Who was it?      Me. (Yourself.) 66. Why do birds fly south?      It is too far to walk. 67. What has teeth but never eats anything?      A comb. 68. What do you have that others use far more often than you do?      Your name. 69. What is both over and under the water but doesn't touch the water?      A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head. 70. What has many a tooth but never a mouth?      A saw. 71. What has cities but no houses, roads but no cars, and rivers but no water?      A map. 72. What animal can jump as high as a tree?      All. A tree never jumps. 73. With which hand do you write?      Neither. I use a pencil. 74. What must you do before you return a book to the library?      Borrow the book from the library. 75. What makes more noise than a pig?      Two pigs. 76. What question can never be answered by 'yes'?      Are you asleep? 77. What goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?      People. 78. Where can you always find money?      In the dictionary. 79. Iron will rust（生锈）in the open. Then what if gold is put there?      It'll be taken away. 80. When can you have sth. and nothing at the same time in your pocket?      When there is a hole. 81. When a pregnant (怀孕的) woman got on a bus no one gave up his seat to her. Why?      There are vacant seats on the bus. 82. Why do fish live in the water?      Cats can't swim. 83. A little girl was 6 years old on her last birthday, and will be 8 on her next     birthday. How can this be?      It's her 7th birthday. 84. Why don't you advertise for your lost dog?      The dog can't read. 85. What word is the first word on page 100 in your English-Chinese dictionary?      An English word. 86. When can mother stop worrying about her vase?      When it is broken.   87. What is full when it is used and empty when it is at rest?      A shoe. 88. What is the best cure for insomnia?      A good night's sleep. 89. How many great people have been born in America?      None. Only babies are born there. 90. Where were you when the power was cut off?      In the darkness. 91. When is a chain-smoker most painful?      When he has a packet of cigarette but no light. 92. What is the biggest thing in the world?      Eyelids. 93. What do we have in December that we never have in other months?      D. 94．What letter is a kind of drink?      T. 95．What has everyone seen before but will never be seen again?      Yesterday. 96．What falls often but never gets hurt?      Snow. 97. What does this mean – “IM2BZ2CU”?      I'm too busy to see you. 98. What does this mean – “ICU”?      I see you. 英语脑筋急转弯!(1) Try to Quick Your Mind! 1. Why are girls afraid of the letter C? 2. Why is the letter E so important? 3. Why are the letter G and letter S in“gloves”close to each other? 4. What letter is an animal? 5. What letter is a question? 6. Why is U the jolliest letter? 7. How do you feel today? 8. How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it? 9. Why do people wish for something they haven't got? 10. What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades? 11. What does everybody do at the same time? 12. What resembles half a pie? 13. Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? 14. When do people have two mouth? 15. Why do lions eat raw meat? 16. How many sides does a circle have? 17. What animal can jump as high as a tree? 18. How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest? 19. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? 20. If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 21. If two's company and three's crowd, what's four and five? 22. The farmers in this village used modern methods but harvested no apples this year, why? 23. The injured dog had some difficulty going home. Every step he took, he slipped back two.     However, he still managed to get home. How did he do it? If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,     what will it become? 24. What falls often but never gts hurt? 25. How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman's disguise? 26. Which month has 28 days? 27. What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of too? 28. Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from? 29. Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt.why? 30. Why do giraffes have long neck? 31. How can you make 6 out of three 7's? 32. How can you make 6 out of three 5's? 33. how can you make 1000 out of eight 8's? 34. Can you name the captital of every state in the U.S. in ten seconds? 35. A police officer had a brother ,but the brother had no brother.How could that be? 36. Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room? 37. How do you know policemen are strong ? 38. With which hand do you write? 39. What must you do before you return a book to the library? Answers: 1. Because it makes fat fact! 2. Because it's the begining of everything! 3. Because there is love between them! 4. It's the letter B! 5. It's the letter Y! 6. Because it's in the midst of fun! 7. With my hands ,of course! 8. Take a longer rope and compare with it! 9. What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once you get it! 10. He didn't cheat! 11. Grow old! 12. The other half! 13. Santa Claus 圣诞老人 14. When there's two of them 有两个人时! 15. They don't know how to cook 他们不知道如何烹饪! 16. Two. The inside and the outside! 17. All animals, for trees can't jump! 18. Sleep at night! 19. At the bottom! 20. Wet! 21. Nine! 22. They planted peech trees! 23. He walked in the other direction! 24. Snowflakes! 25. He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window! 26. Every month has at least 28 days! 27. One's appetite! 28. From a hen! 29. He fell off the last step! 30. Because their heads are far from their bodies! 31. easy. 7- 7/7=6! 32. easy. 5+5/5=6! 33. easy. 8+8+8+8+88+888=1000! 34. Washinton D.C.! 35. The police officer was a lady! 36. Because it can't see both sides at once. 37. Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand! 38. Neither. I use a pen! 39. Borrow the book from library. 英语脑筋急转弯（2） 1. Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?    谁一年只上一天班却不会被开除？      2. Why does the Statue of Lib-erty stand in New York harbou?    自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？   3  Why do birds fly south?    鸟为什么往南飞? 4  When can you go as fast as aracing car?    什么时候你能像跑车一样快？ Keys: 1. Santa Claus.  圣诞老人. 2. Because it can't sit down.  因为它不能坐下. 3. It's too far to walk.  走着去太远了. 4. When you're in it.  当你坐在跑车里时. Q: Where does afternoon come before morning in the world ? A: In the dictionary. Q: Why don't you take the bus home? A: Because my home is not that big. Q: Why is the letter E so important? A: Because it's the beginning of everything! Q: Why are the letter G and letter S in‘gloves' close to each other? A: Because there is love between them! Q: What letter is an animal? A: It's the letter B! Q: What letter is a question? A: It's the letter Y. Q: How do you feel today? A: With my hands, of course! Q: How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it? A: Take a longer rope and compare with it! Q: What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades? A: He didn't cheat! Q: What does everybody do at the same time? A: Grow old! Q: What resembles half a pie? A: The other half! 1. Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed? 为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱？ 2. Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe? 狗为什么害怕日光浴？ 3. Why is the pig always eating? 猪为什么没完没了地吃？ 4、Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?    政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了？ 5、Why dont women get bald as soon as men? 为什么总是男人比女人先秃头？ 6、What can pierce ones ears without a hole? 什么东西不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔？ 7. Whats the longest word in the world? 世界上最长的单词是什么？ 8. Why does time fly? 时间为何飞逝？ 9. Where can a dog get another tail? 狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴？  Keys: 1. They make a little food go a long way. 因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。 2. They dont want to be hot-dog. 因为它们不想成为热狗。 3. He's making a hog of himself. 它想成为一只肉猪。 4、The cold war is over. 冷战结束了。 5、Because women wear hire longer. 因为女人头发留得长。 6、Noice. 噪音。 7. Smiles. Because theres a mile between the letter S. 微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。 8. To get away from all those who are trying to kill it. 为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。 9. At a retail store. 在零售商店。 1)  If you drop a white hat into the Red Sea, what does it become? 2)  Who earns a living by driving his customers away? 3)  What starts with E, ends with E and only has one letter? 4)  Where do you find giant snails? ANSWER 1)  Wet 2)  Taxi driver 3)  An envelope 4)  On the ends of their fingers Try to Quick Your Mind! 1. Why are girls afraid of the letter C? 2. Why is the letter E so important? 3. Why are the letter G and letter S in“gloves”close to each other? 4. What letter is an animal? 5. What letter is a question? 6. Why is U the jolliest letter? 7. How do you feel today? 8. How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it? 9. Why do people wish for something they haven't got? 10. What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor grades? 11. What does everybody do at the same time? 12. What resembles half a pie? 13. Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? 14. When do people have two mouth? 15. Why do lions eat raw meat? 16. How many sides does a circle have? 17. What animal can jump as high as a tree? 18. How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest? 19. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? 20. If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 21. If two's company and three's crowd, what's four and five? 22. The farmers in this village used modern methods but harvested no apples this year, why? 23. The injured dog had some difficulty going home. Every step he took, he slipped back two.     However, he still managed to get home. How did he do it? If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,     what will it become? 24. What falls often but never gts hurt? 25. How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman's disguise? 26. Which month has 28 days? 27. What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of too? 28. Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from? 29. Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt.why? 30. Why do giraffes have long neck? 31. How can you make 6 out of three 7's? 32. How can you make 6 out of three 5's? 33. how can you make 1000 out of eight 8's? 34. Can you name the captital of every state in the U.S. in ten seconds? 35. A police officer had a brother ,but the brother had no brother.How could that be? 36. Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room? 37. How do you know policemen are strong ? 38. With which hand do you write? 39. What must you do before you return a book to the library? Answers: 1. Because it makes fat fact! 2. Because it's the begining of everything! 3. Because there is love between them! 4. It's the letter B! 5. It's the letter Y! 6. Because it's in the midst of fun! 7. With my hands ,of course! 8. Take a longer rope and compare with it! 9. What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once you get it! 10. He didn't cheat! 11. Grow old! 12. The other half! 13. Santa Claus 圣诞老人 14. When there's two of them 有两个人时! 15. They don't know how to cook 他们不知道如何烹饪! 16. Two. The inside and the outside! 17. All animals, for trees can't jump! 18. Sleep at night! 19. At the bottom! 20. Wet! 21. Nine! 22. They planted peech trees! 23. He walked in the other direction! 24. Snowflakes! 25. He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window! 26. Every month has at least 28 days! 27. One's appetite! 28. From a hen! 29. He fell off the last step! 30. Because their heads are far from their bodies! 31. easy. 7- 7/7=6! 32. easy. 5+5/5=6! 33. easy. 8+8+8+8+88+888=1000! 34. Washinton D.C.! 35. The police officer was a lady! 36. Because it can't see both sides at once. 37. Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand! 38. Neither. I use a pen! 39. Borrow the book from library. Why is six afraid of seven? -----------------------Because seven eight (ate) nine. What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law? -----------------------Mom Why do lions eat raw meat? -----------------------Because they never learn to cook. Why did the chicken cross the road? -----------------------To get to the other side. Why did the fox cross the road? -----------------------To get the chicken. Why did the gum cross the road? -----------------------It was on the chicken’s foot. Why did the turkey cross the road twice? -----------------------To prove it was not a chicken. Why did the weasel cross the road twice? -----------------------He was a double crosser. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? -----------------------It didn't have the guts. What goes up a chimney down, but won't go down a chimney up? -----------------------Ann umbrella. What's black and white and red all over? -----------------------A zebra that doesn't know how to put lipstick on. What is the largest ant in the world? -----------------------An elephant. How much is a skunk worth? -----------------------One scent. What kind of monkey can fly? -----------------------A hot air baboon. Why did the cake like to play baseball? -----------------------Because it was a good batter. What goes hahaha, plop? -----------------------Someone laughing their head off. Why didn't the lady run away from the attacking lion? -----------------------They told her it was a maneating lion. Why has no one ever spotted a leopard in Africa? -----------------------Because leopards are already born with spots. What did the banana do when it heard the ice scream? -----------------------It split(劈开, (使)裂开, 分裂, 分离). 英语谜语 Riddles (Part II) Swings by his thigh a thing most magical! Below the belt, beneath the folds of his clothes it hangs, a hole in its front end, stiff-set and stout, but swivels about. Levelling the head of this hanging instrument, its wielder hoists his hem above the knee: it is his will to fill a well-known hole that it fits fully when at full length. He has often filled it before. Now he fills it again. ----------------------- a key I'm the world's wonder, for I make women happy --a boon to the neighborhood, a bane to no one, though I may perhaps prick the one who picks me. I am set well up, stand in a bed, have a roughish root. Rarely (though it happens) a churl's daughter more daring than the rest --and lovelier! --lays hold of me, and lays me in larder. She learns soon enough, the curly-haired creature who clamps me so, of my meeting with her: moist is her eye! -----------------------an onion A young man made for the corner where he knew she was standing; this strapping youth had come some way--with his own hands he whip