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趣味英语题目第一组：脑筋急转弯quick thinking1. What will you break once you say it (什么东西一说出来就打破)Silence. (沉默)2. What always goes up and never goes down (什么东西只升不降)Your age. (你的年龄)animal can jump as high as a tree？All animals,for trees can’t jump!must you do before you return a book to the library？Borrow the book from library.police officer had a brother ,but the brother had no could that be？The police officer was a lady!month has 28 days？Every month has at least 28 days!starts with T ，ends with T，and can be full of TTeapot．是茶壶room has no walls, no doors, no windows and no one to live inmushroomdoes afternoon always come before morningIn the dictionarykind of dog never bitehotdog第二组：猜意思guess the meaning1.apple of love 西红柿（不是“爱情之果”）2.bring down the house 博得全场喝彩（不是“推倒房子”）3.black art 妖术（不是“黑色艺术”）4.sweet water 淡水（不是“糖水”或“甜水”）5.Indian summer 愉快宁静的晚年（不是“印度的夏日”）6.American beauty 一种玫瑰，名为“美国丽人”（不是“美国美女”）7.busboy 餐馆勤杂工（不是“公汽售票员”）8.busybody 爱管闲事的人（不是“大忙人”）9.blue stocking 女学者、女才子（不是“蓝色长统袜”）10.confidence man 骗子（不是“信得过的人”）第三组：gess what is it 描述猜物对与每个物品，由广泛到细致，有4种描述。
三年级英语趣味竞赛试题一、单词拼写（每题2分，共20分）1. 一个圆形的物体，可以用来画圆。
A. CircleB. SquareC. RoundD. Oval2. 我们用它来写字。
A. PencilB. EraserC. BookD. Pen3. 这是我们穿在脚上的东西。
A. ShirtB. ShoesC. PantsD. Hat4. 我们用它来喝水。
A. CupB. PlateC. BowlD. Glass5. 这是我们在学校学习的地方。
A. ClassroomB. KitchenC. BedroomD. Bathroom6. 我们用它来计算。
A. ComputerB. CalculatorC. PhoneD. Watch7. 这是我们用来打电话的设备。
A. PhoneB. LampC. ChairD. Table8. 这是我们用来保持身体清洁的。
A. SoapB. TowelC. ToothbrushD. Comb9. 这是我们用来听故事的。
A. RadioB. BookC. TVD. Computer10. 这是我们用来玩球类游戏的。
A. BallB. BatC. NetD. Racket二、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. What color is the sky on a sunny day?A. BlueB. RedC. YellowD. Green2. What do you call a group of cows?A. A flockB. A herdC. A packD. A swarm3. How do you say "Thank you" in English?A. YesB. NoC. PleaseD. Thank you4. What is the opposite of "big"?A. SmallB. TallC. ShortD. Long5. Which of these is a type of fruit?A. AppleB. ChairC. DeskD. Computer6. What is the first letter of the alphabet?A. BB. CC. AD. D7. What do you call a baby bird?A. KittenB. PuppyC. ChickD. Calf8. What is the name of the day after Monday?A. TuesdayB. SundayC. SaturdayD. Friday9. What is the name of the season after summer?A. SpringB. WinterC. AutumnD. Summer10. Which of these is a type of dessert?A. PizzaB. Ice creamC. SaladD. Soup三、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. The first day of the week is _______.2. The opposite of "hot" is _______.3. We use a _______ to cut paper.4. A group of horses is called a _______.5. The color of grass is usually _______.6. The largest animal in the ocean is the _______.7. A _______ is a place where you can buy food and drinks.8. A _______ is a musical instrument with keys.9. The month after August is _______.10. A _______ is a person who teaches.四、连词成句（每题3分，共15分）1. is / the / what / color / of / sky / ?2. a / have / I / apple / red / .3. are / you / where / from / ?4. can / I / what / do / for / you / ?5. a / is / interesting / this / story / very / .五、阅读理解（每题3分，共15分）Read the following passage and answer the questions:Tom is a little boy who loves animals. He has a pet dog named Max. Max is very friendly and loves to play with Tom. They often go to the park together. Tom's favorite activity is to throw a ball and let Max chase it. Max is very good at catching the ball. Tom also has a cat named Bella. Bella is very quiet and likes to sleep a lot. She is very different from Max.1. What is Tom's favorite activity with Max?A. Playing with a ballB. Going to the parkC. Chasing the ballD. Catching the ball2. What is the name of Tom's pet dog?A. BellaB. MaxC. TomD. Maxie3. What does Max like to do at the park?A. SleepB. Catch the ballC. Play with TomD. All of the above4. What is the name of Tom's cat?A. BellaB. MaxC. TomD. Maxie5. How are Max and Bella different?A. Max is quiet and Bella is activeB. Bella is quiet and Max is activeC. They both。
英语趣味测试题及答案一、选择题（每题1分，共10分）1. What does the word "apple" mean in English?A. 苹果B. 橙子C. 香蕉D. 梨2. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word: "She is _______ than her sister."A. more youngerB. more olderC. more tallD. taller3. Which sentence is grammatically correct?A. He doesn't likes it.B. He doesn't like it.C. He don't like it.D. He don't likes it.4. What is the past tense of "go"?A. wentB. goesC. goD. going5. What is the opposite of "large"?B. bigC. tinyD. large6. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the phrase "breaka leg."A. I hope you break a leg in your performance tonight.B. You should break your leg to get better at dancing.C. Don't break your leg before the race.D. Break a leg if you want to be successful.7. In the sentence "I have a dog," what part of speech is "dog"?A. NounB. VerbC. AdjectiveD. Adverb8. Which of the following is an idiom meaning "to start something new"?A. Hit the ground runningB. Let the cat out of the bagC. Break the iceD. Bite the bullet9. What is the correct spelling of the word pronounced as/ˈɪndɛks/?A. indexB. indixC. indexs10. The phrase "a piece of cake" is often used to mean:A. A difficult task.B. A delicious dessert.C. Something easy to do.D. A piece of advice.二、填空题（每题1分，共5分）11. The word "____" means "a large, round fruit with a thick skin and juicy insides."A. GrapeB. OrangeC. WatermelonD. Lemon12. "Please _______ the window. It's cold outside." The correct word to fill in the blank is:A. openB. closeC. lockD. clean13. "I _______ to the concert last night." The correct form of the verb to use here is:A. wentB. goC. goesD. going14. "She is _______ to play the piano." The correct word tofill in the blank is:A. ableB. canC. able toD. can to15. "I _______ my keys. I can't find them anywhere." The correct form of the verb to use here is:A. lostB. loseC. have lostD. am losing三、改错题（每题1分，共5分）16. He don't have no money. (Correct the sentence)A. He don't have any money.B. He doesn't have no money.C. He doesn't have any money.D. He don't have any money.17. She is very beautiful and intelligents. (Correct the sentence)A. She is very beautiful and intelligent.B. She is very beautiful and more intelligent.C. She is very beautiful and intelligently.D. She is very beautiful and more intelligents.18. They was going to the store but it was closed. (Correct the sentence)A. They were going to the store but it was closed.B. They was going to the store but it were closed.C. They were going to the store but it was close.D. They was going to the store but it was close.19. I seen the movie last week. (Correct the sentence)A. I saw the movie last week.B. I have seen the movie last week.C. I have saw the movie last week.D. I seen the movie last week.20. They is playing soccer in the park. (Correct the sentence)A. They are playing soccer in the park.B. They is playing soccer in the park.C. They are play soccer in the park.D. They are playing the soccer in the park。
趣味英语测试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. Which of the following is not a fruit?A. AppleB. BananaC. TomatoD. Carrot2. What does "kick the bucket" mean?A. To start a new jobB. To dieC. To go shoppingD. To travel3. Fill in the blank: "I have a _______ to attend this evening."A. meetingB. appointmentC. partyD. all of the above4. The phrase "break the ice" is used to describe:A. Destroying a boatB. Melting a glacierC. Starting a conversationD. Stopping a fight5. The opposite of "pessimistic" is:A. OptimisticB. RealisticC. CynicalD. Skeptical二、填空题（每题1分，共10分）6. The word "____" means a person who is very careful with money.A. GenerousB. StingyC. FrugalD. Wasteful7. "To _______ the day" means to enjoy the day fully.A. seizeB. wasteC. skipD. miss8. "A picture is worth a thousand words" is a phrase that suggests:A. Images are more powerful than words.B. Painting is a good hobby.C. You should always carry a camera.D. Words are more important than images.9. The idiom "hit the books" means:A. To hit someone with books.B. To study hard.C. To write a book.D. To read a lot of books.10. "To _______ the boat" means to cause problems or difficulties.A. rockB. sinkC. rowD. capsize三、翻译题（每题3分，共15分）11. 请将下列句子翻译成英文：这个笑话让我笑得肚子疼。
初一英语趣味试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. What's this in English?A. 这是一个苹果。
B. 这是一个香蕉。
C. 这是一本书。
D. 这是一张桌子。
答案：C2. How do you say "早上好" in English?A. Good morning.B. Good afternoon.C. Good evening.D. Good night.答案：A3. What color is the apple?A. Red.B. Green.C. Blue.D. Yellow.答案：A4. What's your name?A. My name is Tom.B. My name is a book.C. My name is a cat.D. My name is a dog.答案：A5. What's the weather like today?A. It's sunny.B. It's rainy.C. It's windy.D. It's snowy.答案：A6. How old are you?A. I'm ten years old.B. I'm a cat.C. I'm a dog.D. I'm a book.答案：A7. What's your favorite fruit?A. Apple.B. Banana.C. Orange.D. Grape.答案：根据个人情况选择8. Where are you from?A. I'm from Beijing.B. I'm from Shanghai.C. I'm from Guangzhou.D. I'm from Shenzhen.答案：根据个人情况选择9. What do you usually do on weekends?A. I usually play basketball.B. I usually watch TV.C. I usually read books.D. I usually go shopping.答案：根据个人情况选择10. What's your favorite subject?A. Math.B. English.C. Science.D. History.答案：根据个人情况选择二、填空题（每空1分，共20分）11. My name is _______. (我的名字)答案：根据个人情况填写12. I am _______ years old. (年龄)答案：根据个人情况填写13. I come from _______. (来自)答案：根据个人情况填写14. My favorite fruit is _______. (最喜欢的水果)答案：根据个人情况填写15. I like _______ because it's interesting. (喜欢的原因)答案：根据个人情况填写16. Today is _______. (星期)答案：根据当天日期填写17. The weather is _______ today. (天气)答案：根据当天天气填写18. I usually _______ on weekends. (周末活动)答案：根据个人情况填写19. My favorite subject is _______. (最喜欢的科目)答案：根据个人情况填写20. I want to be a _______ when I grow up. (长大后想成为的职业)答案：根据个人情况填写三、翻译题（每题3分，共15分）21. 这是我的英语书。
1、哪个字母可以喝？答案: T可以喝。
因为Tea茶可以喝。
T与Tea读音一样,所以T可以喝。
2、哪个字母就是蓝色的？答案: C就是蓝色的。
因为Sea大海就是蓝色的,C与Sea就是一样的读音,所以C就就是蓝色的。
3、哪个字母最勤劳？答案: B最勤劳。
因为Bee蜜蜂就是最勤劳的象征嘛。
4、哪个字母可以瞧得见？答案: I就是可以瞧得见的。
因为Eye眼睛就是可以瞧得见东西的。
5、哪个字母最惊讶？答案:O最惊讶。
因为Oh哦就是惊叹词。
6、哪个字母可以停车？答案:P可以停车。
因为大写字母P就是停车场的标志,就是Parking停车场的缩写。
7、哪个字母可以睡觉？答案:Z可以睡觉。
因为在美语中,ZZZ、、、就是睡觉的意思。
Get some Z’s、就就是打会儿盹的意思。
所以,Z可以睡觉。
8、哪个字母问题最多？答案:Y问题最多。
因为Why就是“为什么”的意思,永远都就是在问为什么,所以就是问题最多的。
9、哪个字母就是两个您？答案:W就是两个您。
因为W[’d^bleju:],[d^ble]double就是两个、双倍的意思,[ju:]you就是您的意思。
所以,W就是两个您。
10、请问英语有多少个字母？yingyu (英语),总共就是六个字母呗要就是English,就就是七个字母了英语字母,26个字母11、那两个字母人人都喜欢听？答案就是:CD12、小偷最怕哪三个字母？答案:i c u哈哈,猜出来没有啊？意思就就是I See you！身为小偷,听到这几个字母,还不就翘翘啦！13、十个apples,里面的S走了,问还有几个？答案:1个14、小汽车飞了起来,一种饮料？咖啡(car飞)15、哪个字母就是问题儿童？答:“y”(why)16、世界的尽头(打一字母)答: “d”(world最后就是d)可以帮助我们活跃课堂气氛。
firefly就是“萤火虫”,而不就是一种“苍蝇”。
India ink就是“墨汁”,来自中国,而不就是“印度”。
英语趣味题集锦英语趣味题集锦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.What must you do before you return a book to the library?20.If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become?21.What's the longest word?最长的单词是什么？22.Why dogs don't like sun bath? 狗为什么不喜欢⽇光浴？23.Why the time flies?时间为什么飞逝？24.Which month has 28 days?那个⽉有28天？25.What has two legs but cann't walk?26.From what number can you take half and leave nothing?27.what two word have thousands of letters in them?28. What letter is a question?29.what kind of dog never bite?30.where does afternoon always come before morning?31what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals?32.what number gets bigger when you turn it upside down?33.Mr. Brown has five sons. They are Ted, Tom , Bob, Jack, John. John has no elder brother and he was four years old when his first younger brother was born. Tom is very lucky. The number of his elder brothers is the same as his younger brothers.Jack will be 21 next year, and he is five years older than Bob. Bob is two years younger than Tom. Ted has no younger brother. There is 12 years betwwen him and John.How old are Mr. brown's sons?34. Why do people go to bed?35. 2 fathers and 2 sons went hunting and came back with 3 tigers, but each of them have one, how can this be?36. What can you catch but not throw？不准偷看哦!答案：1. Because it makes fat fact!2. Because it’s the beginning 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. Borrow the book from library.20. Wet!21. smiles 两个s之间有⼀英⾥（mile）长22. They don't want to be hot dogs.它们不想成为热狗。
1. What three letters turn a girl into a women?(D)A.sunB.dabC.eyeD.age2. What’s the Chinese for “talk big ”?(A)A.吹牛B.说谎话C.骂人D.很大3. Which letter can we see with?答案( I 因为跟 eye 同音)4. What belongs to you but is used more by others than yourself?答案：your name5.Why does a dog afraid of sunshine?答案：hot dog6.He’s a yes-man,I don ’t like him(A)答案：A 唯唯诺诺的人 B 总有理的人 C 坚强的人 D 说一不二的人7.What does everybody do at the same time?答案:(Grow old)8.Who can stop a car with one hand only?答案：(police)9.What table has no legs?答案：(Vegetable) 10 ．I am a fruit .The outside is yellow .The inside is white .Guess my name?答案：(pear)11.Why is the letter E so important?答案：Because it ’s the beginning of everything!12.What letter is an animal ?答案：It’s the letter B!13.What letter is a question?答案：It’s the letter Y!14. What letter is a body of water?答案：C15.We don ’t want it. It’s“a white elephant. ”What is it?(A)答案：A. 一件无用而累的东西 B.一头白象 C. 白给的东西 D. 白色陷阱16.What’s the Chinese for “six of one and half a dozen of the other? ”(C)A. 六分之一B. 人云亦云C.半斤八两D.见一面分一半17.下面是一道经典的英语填空题 ,注意,所有空格均为同一个单词 : 答案：Nothing _________ is greater than God .The poor have ____________ .The rich need _____________ .18. I have cities, but there are not any houses in them .I have forests , but not any trees in them .I have rivers , but there is not any water in them .What am I ? __map__19.What has two legs but can not walk.答案：compass20.There are three men on a train. Mr A speaks English and Chinese. Mr B speaks FrenchandE nglish.Mr C canonly talk withMr A.Whatlanguagedoes Mr Cspeak?答案：Chinese21.A candle burns out in sixty minutes , how many minutes will it take five candles burning together ?(D)A. 300 minutesB. 200 minuteC. 100 minutesD. 60 minutes22.Mr white has two sons,And each of then has a sister,How many children does he have?(C)A.FourB.TwoC.Three23.If I go to see my uncle ,I can read his books .It ’s in two twos.(D)A 一分为二B 一文不名C 三心二意D 一举两得24.What do tigers have that no other animals have?答案: .Its name25.Do you know what letter is a kind of drink ？答案:（ T=tea ）26..Where can you always find happiness?答案: In dictionary27.I aminwater,butI amnot a worker,nor a swimmer.What amI doing?答案:waiter28.Do you know how Lin Meimei died?答案:She dropped to her death! （因为天上掉下个林妹妹）29.I have many leaves.ButI amnot a bloomand not a tree.Y oucansee me every day. What am I?(D)A.Flower.B.Bird.C.Grass.D.Book.30.If your uncle ’s sister ’s daughter is not your cousin, she must be your _______. (答案为 sister)。
小学趣味英语题及答案1.哪个字母可以喝？（打一英语字母）答案：T（tea）2.哪个字母最勤劳？（打一英语字母）答案：E（every）3.世界的尽头（打一英语字母）答案：Y（why）5.哪个字母问题最多？（打一英语字母）答案：Q（n）6.哪个字母可以停车？（打一英语字母）答案：P（park）7.哪个字母可以睡觉？（打一英语字母）答案：Z（zzz）8.十个apples，里面的S走了，问还有几个？答案：9个（ten）9.小偷最怕哪三个字母？（写出三个英语字母）答案：D、N、A（DNA）10.Xmas (翻译成英语)答案：Christmas11.西方国家认为哪个数字是幸运数字？（写一个数字）答案：712.西方国家认为哪个数字最不吉利？（写一个数字）答案：1316B g i（写出正确的单词）答案：Begin17d g o（写出正确的单词）答案：Dog18l i n o（写出正确的单词）答案：XXX19alppe（写出正确的单词）答案：Apple20 a b n a a n（写出正确的单词）答案：XXX21r d e（写出正确的单词）答案：Red22 s m l l a（写出正确的单词）答案：Small23 m n o e y k（写出正确的单词）答案：Monkey24p a e r（写出正确的单词）答案：Pear25r b b i t a（写出正确的单词）答案：Rabbit26T g i e r（写出正确的单词）答案：Tiger27b u l e（写出正确的单词）答案：Blue28c t a(写出正确的单词）答案：Cat29b a e r（写出正确的单词）答案：Bear30y o e l l w（写出正确的单词）答案：Yellow31 XXX.A.鳄鱼眼泪B.假慈悲答案：B32 Love me。
love my dog. A．爱我也爱我的狗 B.爱屋及乌答案：A33 XXX.A.眼见为实B.耳闻为实答案：A34 No pain。
趣味英语题发布时间：2011年3月3日题库类型：英语专区浏览次数：3001次趣味英语题1. What is that we have in December but we don’t have in any other month? 2. What is the difference between here and there? 3. What is the end of everything? 4. What is the difference between a pear and a pearl? 5. What is never out of sight? 6. What happens twice in every moment, once in every minute and never in a thousand years? 7. What is that every pauper(乞丐) possesses(拥有) yet is had by neither man, woman or child? 8. What is it that is the beginning of eternity(永久), the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?9. What is in the middle of gravity(地球引力)? 10. What is the center of gravity? 11. What is the most important thing in the world? 12. What part of New York is in Chicago? 13. What’ in the church but not i n the steeple(尖塔)? The parson(教区牧师) has it, but not the people. 14. What is in fashion but always out of date? 15. What is found in the center of Australia and America? 16. What is in the middle of the world? 17. Which letter is a drink? 18. Which letter is an insect? 19. Which letter goes all around Australia? 20. Which letter can test your eyesight? 21. Which letter can let you see? 22. Which letter can make a road wider? 23. Why is the letter O like a pain? 24. Why is the letter W like a scandal (流言蜚语)? 25. Which letter is the most useful to a deaf woman? 26. What letter makes pice inquisitive(好奇)? 27. What letter will set one of the heaviest bodies in motion(运动)? 28. Why is the sewing machine like the letter S? 29. Why should boys and men avoid the letter A? 30. Why should a housekeeper(管家) never out the letter M in her refrigerator? 31. What does the letter B do for boys as they grow up? 32. How can the letter W be used to bring music up to date? 33. Why is the letter B like a fire?34. What changes a pear into a pearl? 35. Why is the letter B like a bad boy? 36. Why is the letter F like death? 37. Why is the letter Y like a divorced(离婚的) mother? 38. Why is the letter D like a wedding ring? 39. Why is a teacher of girls like the letter C? 40. Why is summer like the letter N? 41. Why does a young lady depend on the letter Y? 42. Why is the letter S like a thunder? 43. Which three letters can turn a girl into a woman? 44. Why is the letter B very hot? 45. Luke had it first, Paul had it last; boys never have it; girls have it but once; Miss Sullivan had it twice in the same place, but when she married Pat Murphy she never had it again. 46. What is the easiest way for a young lady to become a lad? 47. How can we make road wider? 48. What makes a word become a sword?49. I claim to magic power, yet a fast I can make a feast; I am never among the first, but the last I can make the least. The gust(一阵) of the wildest storm, I can change to a welcome guest; In the North or the South I’m unknown, but I am found in the East or the West. 50. If all the letters of the alphabet were on the top of a mountain, which letter would leavefirst? 51. In what way are the letters O and E nearly kept house alike?52. Where as by you I have been driven from ouse from ome, from ope, from eaven, and places by your learned society. In Hexile, Hanguish, and Hanxiety; Nay, charged without one just pretence, with Harrogance and Himpudence---I here demand full restitution(归还), and beg you’ll mend your Helocution. A petition to the inhabitants(居民) of Kidderminster(肯德明斯特), England, popularly attributed to(把….归因于)Byron? 53. How do you make notes out of stone? 54. Can you change the letters of new door to form one word? 55. What month do soldiers hate? 56. How many feet are there in a yard? 57. Why is an empty purse always the same? 58. What book has the most stirring chapters? 59. What kind of dog doesn\'t bite or bark?60. What is the smallest room in the world? 61. What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? 62. How do we know the ocean is friendly? 63. Which can move faster, heat or cold? 64. Why is the library the highest building? 65. What kind of table has no legs? 66. I have cities but no houses;forests but no trees;rivers without water;what am I? 67. What letter is a drink? 68. What stands in the middle of the world? 69. What is white when it is dirty? 70. Who carries his house with him? 71. What keeps you alive but you can’t see and touch? 72. What is it that passes in front of the sun yet cast no shadow? 73. What has an eye, but can’t see? 74. What is always filled when it is used and empty when at rest? 75. What has two legs but can’t walk? 76. What is the smallest bridge in the world? 77. What two words have thousands of letters in them? 78. What is the best and cheapest light? 79. What belongs only to you and yet is used more by others than yourself? 80. What table is in the field? 81. What is the only thing you can break when you say its name? 82. What is there in your house that ought to be looked into? 83. What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name? 84. What changes a pear into a pearl? 85. What question can never be answered by \'Yes\'? 86. What ship has two mates but no captain? 87. What is the most difficult key to turn? 88. Where can you always find money?89. What is the surest way to double your money? 90. Where does afternoon come before morning in the world? 91. What is the smallest bridge in the world? 92. What letter makes a road broad? 93. What letter sounds like a vegetable? 94. Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world? 95. What match can't be put in a match-box? 96. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4? 97. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water. What am I? 98. I am something that has teeth but can't eat. What am I? 99. What is a sick man a controdiction? 100. How many times can you take 7 away from 49? 101. What always weighs the same no matter how large it becomes? 102. How much soil in a hole 2 meters deep and one meter across? 103. I have a very large barrel that is very heavy. What can I put in it to make it lighter? It is not a gas and by lighter, I mean less heavy. 104. There is one word in this puzzle which spells incorrectly. Can youfind it? 105. What was the biggest ocean in the world before Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean? 106. If five cats can catch five rats in five minutes, how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes? 107. I saw some ducks yesterday. They were walking to the river. One baby duck was walking between two baby ducks; one baby duck was walking behind two baby ducks; but the first duck was walking in front of the three baby ducks. How many ducks did I see yesterday? 108. Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a find. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn’t spoken a word. Po lly returned to the shop to explain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a fund. Why didn’t the parrot talk? 109. What are you given at a very early age and always belongs to you, but is used more by others than by you? 110. Dodgy Dave was washing windows on a multi-storey office building when he slipped and fell off his fifty foot ladder directly onto the concrete pavement below. Amazingly, he didn’t hurt himself at all. How can this be possible 111. Why ar e 1988 dollar bills worth more than 1997 dollar bills? 112. Harry, the happy hippo, happily hopped from the hippo hospital. How many h’s are there in this sentence? According to the American Constitution(宪法), in order to become President of the United States there are only five prerequisites. The candidate(候选人) must: 1) be at least 35 years old. 2) Be a citizen of the United States. 3) Have resided in the United States for at least fourteen years. 4) Have been born in the United States. What is the fifth re quirement 113. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then four and five make? 114. Standing on a one way street, were two highway patrol officers(巡警), specifically looking for drivers who were in violation(违反) of local traffic laws. A taxi driver was going the wrong way down the street, however, the officers did nothing. What explanation can you offer? 115. How can you get a fully grown apple inside of a bottle? The bottle has to be a normal glass bottle which has no breaks, the entrance of which is clearly too small for the apple to pass through. The apple must end up in perfect condition. How? 116. Maggie Mathematical has five sons. One is called Alpha, another is called Beta, the third is called Gamma and the third is called Fred. What’s the fifth son’s n ame? 117. What does this question simplify to? (x－a) ×(x－b)×……×(x-z)=? 118. Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine. One of the fellows managed to get a really dirty face, but the other fellow managed to stay clean. When they reached the end of their day and re-joined the surface in the lift, the fellow with the dirty face simply went home, however, the fellow with the clean face rushed off to wash. Why? 119. Which is greater, the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl(乙烯基) record (if you can remember them!) or the number of days in the year? 120. Atthe recent passing out parade(游行) of the local St John Ambulance summer recruitment(征募新兵) drive, there were exactly 100 successful recruits. They were lined up in a nice square formation of 10 rows by 10 columns. Who was the tallest---the tallest of the shortest people in each column OR the shortest of the tallest people in each row? 121. If a red house is made from red bricks and a yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a greenhouse made from? 122. If you have two identical screws and arrange them in such a way that their threads touch each other with their heads facing away from each other. Screw one screw and unscrew the other. What happens? 123. Imagine a small chess board, 3 by 3. If you place a knight on the top left hand corner, how many different squares can the knight reach less than four moves? 124. James said that he was born on February29, 1900. What birthday will he celebrate in the year 2000? 125. Which is heavier, a pound of feathers, a pound of wood or a pound of steel? 126. If carrots should be poached(水煮) for 10 minutes, cabbages should be poached for 12 minutes and cauliflower should be poached for 18 minutes, can you tell me how long cucumbers should be poached? 127. A lorry recently drove under my local railway bridge, it managed to get about half way when if became stuck fast. It was too tall, 12 feet and 1 inch to be precise. The bridge was exactly 12 feet high. The lorry driver was most unhappy as his monthly bonus(奖金) was at stake(在危险中). He tried to move backwards and then forwards, but to no avail(有帮助). Finally a clever old soul has a good idea to release the stricken lorry. What was his idea? 128. If penguins live with a density(密度) of 1,000 penguins per square mile and can run at an average speed of 7 miles per hour on land and swim at 20 mils per hour. And if a polar bear has a territory(领地) of 10 square miles, can run at 25 miles per hour and swim at 10 miles per hour, how many penguins will an average polar bear eat in any given mouth, remembering that a polar bear could, as maximum(最大量), only eat one penguin per hour and 7% of the land is next to the sea. 129. This morning while I was walking on the beach, I noticed a small coin glittering in the sun. On close examination I could read the date 126 BC. Thinking that this coin would obviously be worth something, I popped into the local museum to ask their advice. They were very kind to me but informed me that the coin was worthless. Why? 130. There is a butcher at the local butcher shop. He is five eleven inches tall, and he wears size 12 shoes and is well built. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh? 131. In Aberland, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why? 132. If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first? 133. In the olden days, a man rode into town on his horse. He arrived on Monday, spent six days in town and left on Friday. How is that possible? 134. Before Mount Everest(埃佛雷斯峰,即珠穆朗玛峰) was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth? 135. Paul was 20 years old in 1980, but only 15 years old in 1985.How is this possible? 136. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move? 137. What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up? 138. How can you throw a ball so that it goes a short distance, come to a dead stop, reverses(颠倒) its motion, and then goes the opposite way. You are not allowed to bounce it against anything, hit it with anything, or ties it to anything. 139. The capital of Turkey is a long word. Can you spell it? 140. What is maximum overhang(垂悬物) you can create with an infinite(无限的) supply of bricks? 141. A lion can consume one sheep in two hours, a wolf can consume three sheep in eight hours and a hyena (鬣狗) can consume one sheep in eight hours. If all of the animals were in a cage and were given a sheep, how long would it take them to consume it? 142. A group of Englishmen are traveling on a German plane, piloted by a Norwegian, bound for Finland. If the plane was to crash in Sweden, where would the survivors be buried? 143. When James was nine years old he hammered a nail into a tree to mark his weight. Ten years later, James returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by four inches each year, how much higher would the nail be? 144. If Fred can lay 1, 000 bricks in three hours, Jimmy can lay 1, 000 bricks in two hours and Kev can lay 1, 000 bricks in six hours. How long will it take Fred, Jimmy, and Kev to lay 1,000 bricks if they all work together? 145. Which of the following statements is true? 1). One of these statements is true.2). Two of these statements are true. 3). Three of these statements are true. 4). Four of these statements are true. 5). Five of these statements are true. 6). Six of these statements are true. 146. What is the longest word in the English language? 147. I bet you $1 that is you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return. Would you bet with me? 148. There are 1,200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green stripes, some are all pink and some are all blue. One third are pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are definitely blue?。
