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博达资优-英语益智题 脑筋急转弯8RIDDLES （8）1. Suppose you have a baseball. Youre to throw it with all your might and have it stop and come back to you. How can you do this thing with the ball without using any other objects?2. Suppose I give you an egg. Now, standing right where you are on this hard wooden floor, how could you drop that egg three feet without breaking the shell?3. Two fathers and two sons went hunting. They shot three rabbits. Yet each took home one rabbit. how was that possible?4. Youre the pilot of an airplane that flies from New York to Chicago - a distance of 740 miles. The plane goes 200 miles. The plane goes 200 miles an hour. It makes one stop for 30 minutes. Whats the pilots name?5. After a man was given a gun and blindfolded, someone hung up his hat. The man paced off 100 yards, turned around and shot a bullet through his hat. How was that possible?6. Suppose you wanted a log cut up. You called a workman who said he would charge 50 cents to cut it into two pieces, but you want the log cut into four pieces. How much would the workman charge?answers1.The baseball will stop and come back to you without hitting anything - if you throw it straight up in the air.2. Drop the egg from a height of four fee. It will drop three feet without breaking. After that, what a mess!3. There were only three people hunting: a boy, his father, and his grandfather. The boys father, of course, was the son of the grandfather.4. Well, youre the pilot. What did you say your name was?5. The mans hat was hung over the end of his gun.6. First the workman would cut the log into two pieces. Then hed cut each of these pieces in two. He would make a total of three cuts. At 50 cent a cut, that would be 1.50.脑筋急转弯7RIDDLES （7）1 How do we know that the play has a happy ending?2 How can a girl have been eleven on her last birthday, and be thirteen next birthday?3 How can a hat talk?4 How do Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) dress?5 How do mountain climbers break up with their boyfriends?6 How can you spell mousetrap in three letters?7 How do goldfish go into business?8 How can you make tomatoes ripen?9 Why wont you ever be hungry at the beach?10 How did they catch the gangster who committed the robbery on Mount Everest(称珠穆朗玛峰)?answers1 Because everyone was so happy that it was over.2 If shes turned twelve today.3 Add the letter C and you make it chat.4 As quickly as possible.5 They cut ties.6 Cat.7 They start on a small scale.8 Tell jokes about them until they turn red.9 Because of all the sand which is there.10 He returned to the scene of the climb.脑筋急转弯6Riddles(6)1. What is the eleven letter word that all Yale graduates spell incorrectly?2. If someone finds an old coin bearing the date 47 BC and offers to sell it =o you for one dollar how much would you pay?3. In the United States is it legal for a man to marry his widows sister?4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by our feet?5. How many months have 30 days in them?6. A bottle and a cork together cost 1.05. The bottle costs 1.00 more than the cork. How much does each cost?7. Which is correct - eight and eight IS fifteen or eight and eight ARE fifteen?8. A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. There is one foot between rungs and the tide goes at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long until three rungs are covered?9. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How =any people in the family?10. Two fathers and two sons each shot a duck and none of them shot the same duck. Only three ducks were shot. Why?11. We all know there are 12 one-cent stamps in a dozen, but how many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?12. Two planes leave Chicago and New York at the same time. Assume a 1000 mile distance. The east bound plane travels 240 miles per hour but due to headwinds the west bound plane can only make 80 miles per hour. When they meet, which is nearest to Chicago?answers1. incorrectly2. One dollar3. No.If he has a widow, then the man is dead and cannot legally marry anyone.4. There is no dirt in a hole.5. 11 months.All the months except February have 30 days in them.6. The bottle costs 1.025 and the cork costs 0.025.7. Neither is correct.Eight and eight equals SIXTEEN.8. The rungs will never be covered because the boat rises with the tide.9. 9 family members total.6 daughters, 1 brother, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith.10.There is a Grandfather, Father and Son.The Grandfather is father of the Father and the Father is the father of the son.The father is the son of the Grandfather and the Son is the son of the other.Thus, there are two fathers and sons, but only three people.11. 12.12. Neither will be nearer.When they meet they will be at the same place.脑筋急转弯5Riddles (5)1. A gambler is holding 3 coins. One is an ordinary quarter, the second has 2 heads, and the third has 2 tails. The gambler chooses one of the coins at random and flips it, showing heads. What is the likelihood that the other side is tails?2. As I was walking my dog to the market I met an elderly couple going in the opposite direction with their 3 sons and 3 daughters. Each son had 2 dogs of his own and each dog had 3 fleas. Each daughter had 2 cats and each cat had 2 fleas. In total, how many persons, animals and insects were going to the market?3. My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?4. A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight was killed, yet.there were survivors. Explain how?5. How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building thats 20 feet long on all four sides and 20 feet high?6. A cop was walking past a restaurant when he heard someone scream, No John, not the gun! He ran inside and saw a doctor, a lawyer, a milkman, and a dead body on the floor. He promptly walked over to the milkman and arrested him. He didnt witness the shooting and there was no apparent evidence to prove who shot the person and no one told him who the killer was. How did the policeman instantly know it was the milkman?7. What is so special about this sequence below?8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 08. A horse is tied to a five-meter rope, six meters away from it was a bail of hay. Without breaking the rope, the horse was able to get to the bail of hay. How is this possible?9. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots. How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put?10. Steve and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Steve was watching TV; his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Steve decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?Answers1. One in three, since therere 3 heads, and only one of them has tails opposite.2. Two. Just my dog and I.3. 4 daughters, 3 sons.4. There were married people on the flight only single” people died.5. Only 1 the “last brick” you put in will complete it”6. The milkman was the only male. The doctor and lawyer were females, so the cop knew that “John” was the milkman.7. The numbers are in alphabetical order. (eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, ten, three, two, zero)8. The other end of the rope is tied to nothing.9. She counted the pits.10.Sally was blind she was reading a book by Braille.-脑筋急转弯4Riddles (4)1.Q: Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?A: Mom is closer, because dad is farther.2.Q: Can you go to the cinema with your watch broken?A: Of course not, for I dont have the time. I dont have the time有两种理解：1。我没有时间；2。我没戴表或是我的表坏了，不知道时间。3.Q: Why is the comet like Micky Mouse?A: Its a star with a tail. tail:（动物的）尾巴；彗（星）尾4.Q: Whats the largest room in the world?A: The room for improvement. room：房间；空间，余地5.Q: Whats the poorest bank in the world?A: The river bank. bank：银行；堤岸6.Q: When is coffee like the surface of the earth?A: When its ground. ground地面，也是grind磨碎、碾碎的过去分词形式7.Q: What month do soldiers hate?A: March. march:行军8.Q: When is a person not a person?A: When he is a little cross. cross:恼火，烦恼；十字架9.Q: When is a door not a door?A: When its ajar. ajar门虚掩，音似a jar10.Q: When are boys not boys?A: When they are bare-footed. bear-footed 赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一样11.Q: When is a clock dangerous?A: When it runs down the stairs and strikes one. strike one 另一个意思是：击中一个人12.Q: Why is tennis so noisy?A: Each player raises a racket. racket （网球等）球拍；喧哗，喧闹 raise a racket大吵大闹13.Q: If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one would win?A: The cabbage, because its always ahead. a head of cabbage一颗卷心菜14.Q: How many feet are there in a yard?A: It depends on how many people stand in the yard. feet英尺；脚 yard院子；码15.Q: When are people like glasses?A: When they make spectacles of themselves. make a spectacle of oneself使自己出丑，出洋相16.Q: What beam is lighter than all the other beams?A: Lightbeam.17.Q: What animal eats with its tail?A: All animals do. No one takes off its tail while eating. with用做事；带着，有18.Q: How can you make a slow horse fast?A: Dont give it anything to eat for a while. fast快的；绝食19.Q: What is heavier in summer than in winter?A: Traffic to the beach. heavy重的；交通量大的，繁忙的20.Q: What clothing is always sad?A: Blue jeans. blue兰色的；伤感的21.Q: How many legs do horses have?A: Six legs-forelegs in front and two in back forelegs前腿，音似four leg22.Q: When are people smartest?A: When its sunny, because everythings brighter then. bright明亮；聪明23.Q: I have a tree in my hand. What kind of tree is it?A: Its a palm. palm棕榈树；手掌24.Q: Can you explain what is free speech?A: Your talking on someone elses phone free自由的，免费25.Q: If the green house is on the right side of the road, and the red house is on the left side of the road, where is the white house?A: In Washington, D.C.脑筋急转弯3Riddles（3）1. Q: What fruit is never found singly?A: A pear.pear 梨，音似pair一对2. Q: Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?A: Because she didnt marry the best man.bride新娘bridegroom新郎best man男傧相；最好的男人bridesmaid女傧相3. Q: What time must it be when the escaped hungry wolf ate the paymaster?A: 8 p.m.8 p.m.音似ate p.m., 而p.m. 是paymaster的缩写。paymaster（发放薪饷的）出纳员4. Q: What will you break once you say it?A: Silence.break the silence打破沉默5. Q: What kind of clothes lasts the longest?A: Underwear, because its never worn out.worn out穿坏，磨损；穿在外面6. Q: Why are farmers cruel?A: They pull corns by the ears.ear耳朵；一穗（玉米）pull corns by the ears一穗一穗地掰玉米；揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米7. Q: Why are babies like hinges?A: Because they are things to adore.adore喜爱，音似a doorthings to a door门上的东西8. Q: If a driver drives too fast hell get a ticket. What will happen to a poet ifhe writes too fast?A: His poetic licence will be taken away.poetic licence 诗的破格（如不遵从语法规则等）9. Q: Why is an empty purse always the same?A: There is no change in it.change 零钱；变化10. Q: Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?A: Because they would fall out if they didnt.fall out 摔出去；争吵11. Q: Why is an argument like a pen?A: No good without a point.point 尖，顶端；论点，要点12. Q: When will the wind improve its image?A: When it turns over a new leaf.turn over a new leaf的真正涵义是：改过自新13. Q: Why is learning English like a light gentle wind to a smart student?A: Its a breeze to them.breeze 微风，和风；轻而易举的事14. Q: What has four wheels and flies?A: A garbage truck.What has four wheels and flies?另一种理解是：什么东西既有四个轮子又有许多苍蝇？15. Q: Whats even harder to catch if you run faster?A: Your breath.catch ones breath 恢复正常呼吸（尤指剧烈运动后）16. Q: What time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs?A: Its ten after one.17. Q: How can you tell a clock is shyA: It has its hands over its face.18. Q: Why does time fly?A: To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.kill time 消磨时间19. Q: Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?A: Out of sight, out of mind.out of sight, out of mind 眼不见为净20. Q: Where can a dog get another tail?A: At a retail store.前缀re-表示“再一次”，“又”。21. Q: Why do carpenters think theres no such thing as gold in this world?A: They never saw it.saw 锯，也是see的过去式，seeing is believing眼见为实22. Q: Why do you think doctors are mean?A: Everything they treat me they make me pay for it.treat 请客；治疗mean 小气，吝啬23. Q: What do you think of the Grand Canyon?A: Just gorges.gorges 是gorge(峡谷）的复数形式，音似gorgeous，宜人的，好的，美丽的Just gorgeous!太棒了！太美了！24. Q: How do you punctuate the following sentence?A: Make a dash after it.make a dash after it另一种理解是：冲上去拿呀25. Q: How do you know a photographer is always progressive?A: They are always developing.develop 发展；冲（胶卷）脑筋急转弯2Riddles(2)1. Q: What roof never keeps out the wet?A: The roof of the mouth?roof 屋顶;上颚2. Q: Does any child like going to school?A: Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.3. Q: Why is a peacock the best story-teller?A: Because it always has a beautiful tale.tale 故事,音似tail(尾巴)4. Q: Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?A: Because he is a man beside himself.beside oneself 真正的意思是:发狂,忘形5. Q: What coat is always wet when its put on?A: A coat of paint.coat衣服;涂层,一层(漆)6. Q: Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?A: They had the audience glued to their seats.smash hit 很成功的新剧,电影等have someone glued to ones seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为止7. Q: Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?A: The rest of the days are weak days.weak 音似week, weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天8. Q: Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?A: 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。go a long way 维持很长一段时间9. Q: Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?A: They dont want to be hot-dogs.10. Q: Why are mules helpless in dancing?A: They have two left legs.have two left legs（跳舞时）苯手苯脚11. Q: Why is the pig always eating?A: Hes making a hog of himself.make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多（贬义）hog 肉用肥猪12. Q: What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?A: Slippers.slipper 拖鞋slip 滑，跌交13. Q: How do you like your school?A: Closed.how do you like your school有两种理解：你觉得你们学校怎么样？/你希望你们学校是什么样子？14. Q: Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?A: The cold war is over.cold war 冷战15. Q: Why are watches fragile?A: Because their hours are numbered.因为它们有数字标明时间。fragile 易碎的，易坏的Their hours are numbered源于Ones days are numbered意思是某人在世之日屈指可数，寿命不长了.16. Q: Whats put on the table, cut, but never eaten?A: A deck of cards.cut the cards 洗牌17. Q: Why dont women get bald as soon as men?A: Because women wear hair longer.wear hair longer 有两个意思：留着更长的头发/头发留得更长久18. Q: How can you make the door last?A: Make other things first.make the door last 另一种理解：最后做门19. Q: Why shouldnt you lose your temper?A: No one else wants it21. Q: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?A: It never eats.lean 倾斜；瘦的22. Q: What book has the most stirring chapters?A: A cook book.stirring 动人的stir 搅和，搅拌23. Q: Whats the most difficult train to catch?A: The 12:50 train, because its ten to one if you catch it.ten to one 一点差十分；10比124. Q: What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?A: Palms.palm 棕榈树；手掌fortune teller 算命先生25. Q: How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?A: They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them cross.cross 过去，渡过；暴躁的，易怒的脑筋急转弯1Riddles (1)1. Q: What can pierce ones ears without a hole?A: Noise.pierce 刺穿，刺破piercing 刺耳的2. Q: If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter, and another quarter, and then still another quarter, how much would you have left?A: 4.25.quarter 四分之一； 二十五美分3. Q: What bird lifts heavy things?A: A Crane.crane 鹤；起重机4. Q: Whats the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?A: The whole world.A world of difference 天壤之别5. Q: What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory?A: People make faces there.make faces 做鬼脸； 做钟面6. Q: What can I do to avoid falling hair?A: Get out of the way where the hairs falling.avoid falling hair有两种理解：防止头发脱落；避开（从上面）掉下来的头发7. Q: What do girls find the easiest to part with?A: A comb.part with 放弃（尤指不自愿地）； 用分头路或发缝8. Q: What kind of running means walking?A: Running out of gas.9. Q: What do elephants use to communicate with each other?A: Big words.big words真正的含义是：比较正式的大词10. Q: What makes fish the smartest animal in the world?A: No one can pull its leg.pull ones leg真正的含义是：使上当受骗11. Q: What makes the little strawberry worried?A: Its afraid to be in a jam.jam 果酱；塞车12. Q: Something went wrong with the second hand of my watch. Where can I have it replaced?A: In a second-hand store.second-hand 二手货的，旧的second hand 秒针13. Q: Why are writers like postmen?A: They are all men of letters.men of letters 文人letter字母14. Q: Why are chickens kept away from children?A: Chickens use fowl language.fowl language 音似foul language（脏话）15. Q: Why do people go to bed?A: Because the bed wont come to us.16. Q: Whats the best thing to take when youre run-down?A; The license number of the car that hit you.take 吃（药）；记下来be run-down 身体不适be run down 被撞到17. Q: What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?A: Pepper.hot热的；辣的18. Q: What is the best year f