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英语智力谜语-3 [What do you call a thief in a shoe shop？]提示：名词sneaker的意思是鬼鬼祟祟的人，把偷鞋的小偷叫做sneaker还有一层言外之意，因为sneaker的另一个意思是旅行鞋。[What do you call a snake that works for the government？]提示：serpent是蛇的意思。把在政府工作的蛇（a snake that works for the government）戏称为 civil serpent，这是模仿 civil servant（公职人员）而来的。[What do you call a travelling flea？]提示：由英语词hitch-hiker（免费搭车旅行的人）产生了这个谜语，旅行的虱子（travelling flea）被戏称为 itch-hiker，因为 itch的意思是发痒。
1. what is the longest word in the world?
key:smile. 谜语解析：因为两个S隔了一里(mile)
2. what letter is an animal? key --B(Bee)
哪个字母是一个动物 答案：B
3. What letter stands for the ocean? key:C(sea)
哪个字母坐落在海边?答案：C(sea)
4. what letter is a question? key:Y
哪个字母是一个问题? 英语谜语答案:Y(why)
5. what letter is your eye? key:I
哪个字母是你的眼睛? 答案:I(eye)
6. what letter is a vegetable? key:P
哪个字母是一种蔬菜 答案:P(pea)豌豆
7. what stays hot even if put it in a fridge? key：pepper
什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的? 答案：pepper(胡椒粉) 谜语解析：hot也有辣的意思
8. what fruit is never found singly? key:pear
什么水果永远都不会是单数? 答案:pear(梨) 谜语解析:pear和pair(一双)读音相同
9. With which hand do you write? key:neither,i use a pen!
你用哪只手写字呢? 谜语答案：都不用，我用笔
10. what man cannot live in a house?
什么人不能住在房子里?
谜语答案：snowman（雪人）
11. What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers?
什么东西永远不问问题但是却能得到很多答案?
谜语答案：dictionary （字典）
12. What question can you never answer "Yes" to?
什么问题你永远也不能回答"是"
谜语答案：Are you dead?（你死了吗?）Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗)
13. You have it．You read it．There're some pictures in it?
你拥有它，你可以阅读它，它有些图片在里面，它是什么?
谜语答案：book（书）
14. A mouse has a large pocket． What is it?
一种鼠有一个大袋子，它是什么?
谜语答案：a kangaroo（袋鼠）
15. It has a head ，but no neck．It has a body，but no warmth．NO feet，but can travel? 它有头，但没有脖子，有身体，但不温暖，没有脚，却能旅行。
谜语答案：a car（汽车）
16. What gets larger，the more you take away?
什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？
谜语答案：Ahole.洞
17. What goes on four legs in the morning，on two at noon，and on three in the evening? 什么走路开始用四条腿，后来用两条腿，最后用三条腿？
谜语答案：People.They crawled when they were babies and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age.
是人，他们刚生下来的时候用四肢爬行，后来用双腿走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。
18. What do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing pigeon？
把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到什么？
谜语答案：A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.
将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。
19. Where does afternoon come before morning in the world？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？
谜语答案：In the dictionary.在字典里。
20. What do you know about the kings of France? 你对法国君主有什么了解？
谜语答案：They are all dead. 他们都死了。
21. what must you do before you return a book to the library?
key:borrow the book from library
把书换到图书馆之前你必须做什么? ：从图书馆借书
22. how many sides does a circle have? key:Two，the inside and the outside
一个圆有几个面?脑筋急转弯答案：两面，里面和外面
23. what tree is always very sad? key:weeping willow
什么书树总是很伤心?答案：垂柳.谜语解析：weeping willow的意思是垂柳，weeping是哭，willow是柳树24. what is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest? key：a shoe 什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是空的。脑筋急转弯答案：鞋
25. when can you get water with a net? key:when water is turned into ice
什么时候你可以用用网拿到水呢？ 英语脑筋急转弯答案：当水变成冰的时候
26. why are people tired on April Fool's Day? key:Because they have just had a long March.
为什么在四月一日愚人节人们都很累？答案：因为他们刚度过了一个很长的三月(行军).march除了三月以外还有行军的意思。
27. what's the poorest bank in the world? key:the river bank
世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？答案：河岸。bank还有河岸的意思
28. what is heavier in summer than in winter? key：Traffic to the beach
什么东西夏天比冬天重?答案：去海滩的车流 解释：heavy除了重的意思，还有交通量大的，繁忙的意思。
29. what can pierce one's ears without a hole? key:Noise,voice
什么东西能穿透一个人的耳朵而不留下一个洞？答案：噪音，声音。
30. what's too much for two and just right for one? key:A secret
什么东西对两个人来说太多，一个人刚刚好? 答案：秘密，因为两个知道就是不是秘密了。
31. what tree letters turn a girl into a woman? key:age
哪三个字母把一个女孩变成了妇女？ 答案：年龄
32. what has two legs but cann't walk? key:compass
什么东西有两条腿却不能走路 答案:圆规
33. what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals? key:eye
什么东西读起来像是一个字母，写起来是三个字母，并且所有动画都有它呢？ 答案：eye(眼睛)
34. what bird lifts heavy things? key:crane
什么鸟可以举起来很重的东西？ 答案：crane(鹤，另外一个意思是举重机)
35. what always goes up and never goes down? key:your age
什么东西永远只升不降 答案：你的年龄
36. what will you break once you say it? key:silence
什么东西你说出来就打破了它? 答案：沉默
37. why is the libray the highest building? key:it has the most stories?
为什么图书馆是最高的建筑？ 答案：因为它有所有的楼层 (story有两层意思，一个是故事，一个是楼层)
38. what do every couple have in common? key: they're married on the same day
每一对夫妻都有的共同点是什么? 答案:他们都在同一天结婚
39. what word is pronounced wrong,even by the best of scholars? key:wrong
哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错? 答案：wrong(错)
40. what animal is taller sitting down than standing up? key:A dog
什么动物坐着比站着高? 答案：狗
41. what is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? key:a blackboard
什么东西干净的时候是黑色的，脏的时候是白色的。 答案：黑板
42. what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? key:sixth
哪个五个字母的单词当你去掉两个单词后还剩6个?答案：sixth，去掉后是six
43. A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street ,the little Indian is the son of the big Indian ,but the big Indian is not the father of the little Indian ,how is this possible?
key：the big Indian is the mother of the little Indian
这个英语很简单，就不带翻译了，看不懂的话，英语要再努力了。
44. What has four eyes but cannot see?
什么有四个眼睛，但是看不见？
谜语答案：Mississippi 谜语解析：有4个i，但是因为是地名，所以看不见。
45. What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of end, and the end of every place? key:The letter "e"
什么是永恒的开始，是时间的结束，是结局的开始，是每一个地方的结束? 答案：字母e,看这四个单词的结尾就明白了。
45. What can you catch but cannot throw? key ：a cold
什么东西你能抓住但是不能扔掉? 答案：感冒(catch a cold),英文中感冒为catch a cold
46. What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth? key:mirror
什么是聋哑的，但是却总是告诉我们真相? 答案：镜子
47. What has a tongue but cannot talk? key: a shoe
什么东西有舌头但是却不会说话? 答案：鞋
48. What has teeth but cannot eat? key：corn
什么东西有牙齿却不能吃东西? 答案：玉米
49. What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? key:your name
什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多? 答案：你的名字
50. What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out? key:keyhole
什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来? 答案：锁眼
51个简单的适合小学生的英语谜语及答案：
RIDDLES
1. What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?
2. What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?
3. What is big and bright during the day and we can’t see it at night?
4. I am small. I can fly. I like singing in the sky. What am I?
5. Which letter is a drink?
6. Which letter is around an island?
7. Which letter is an animal?
8. Which letter is a kind of vegetable?
9. Which is the longest English word? Why?
10. Which letter is a question?
11. Which letter is a part of your face?
12. I am very big and heavy. I have a long nose and big ears. What am I ?
13. I am the tallest animal in the world. What am I ?
14. I live in the sea. I am the biggest animal in the sea. What am I ?
15. What do you call your father’s father’s only son?
16. What is the biggest ant in the world?
17. What is in the middle of the world?
18. What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law?
19. What is the smallest room in the world?
20. Teachers write on me with chalk. I can’t talk. What am I ?
21. You have it. You read it. There are some words and pictures on it. What is it?
22. Sometimes it looks like a boat. Sometimes it looks like a small white sun. What is it?
23. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and
throw away the inside. What did you eat?
24. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
25. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
26.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
27. I fly, but I have no wings. I cry, but I have no eyes.
28. How many letters are in the alphabet?
29. I am always with you. Sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can’t see me in the dark.
30. What table is in the field?
31. What table can tell you what to do?
32.What changes a pear into a pearl?
33. What letter makes a road broad?
34. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
35. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water. What am I?
36. What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
37. I am everywhere in the earth. Without me, you have to die. What am I ?
38. I can’t walk. I can’t fly. I can swim. What am I ?
39. I am green in spring and yellow in autumn. Birds like me and people like me. What am I ?
40. Chicken grows from it. What is it?
41. It’s very small in the sky, but it’s actually very big. What is it?
42. It’s a colourful bridge in the sky. What is it?
43. Why do lions eat raw meat(生肉)？
44. Why is six afraid of seven?
45. A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?
46. I am white. You can drink me. I am in the dairy group. What am I ?
47. I am green or red. I am spicy and hot. I am in the vegetable group. What am I ?
48. I am a kind of fruit, green outside and red inside. What am I ?
49. I am a kind of fruit, yellow outside and white inside with small black seeds. What am I ?
50. I am orange. I am thin and long. Rabbits like me very much. What am I ?
51. David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
SOLUTIONS
1. blackboard 2. a clock 3. the sun 4.a bird 5. T(tea) 6. C(sea) 7. B(bee)
8. P(pea) 9. smiles(There’s a mile between the first and the last letter.) 10. Y(why) 11. I(eye) 12. an elephant 13. a giraffe
14. the whale 15. father/daddy 16. an elephant 17. the letter “r”
18. mom 19. mushroom 20. a blackboard 21.a book 22. the moon
23. chicken 24. stamp 25. fire 26. river 27. cloud 28. eight
29. shadow 30. vegetable 31.timetable 32. “L” 33. “b” 34. (22)
35. a map 36. hot dog 37. air 38. fish 39. a tree 40. an egg
41. a star/ the sun/ the moon 42. a rainbow 43. Because they can’t cook.
44. Because seven eight(ate) nine.
45. Because all of her children are boys.
46. milk 47. pepper 48. a watermelon 49. a banana 50. a carrot
51. Because he’s bald.【简单英语谜语】
谜语十则
1.Have you heard the saying: what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down?
2.My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. My rain dries up all the land it touches. What am I?
3.You can see it, but you can't touch it. It may disappear, but has never really left you. It grows throughout the day. What is it?
4.What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
5.I have holes on the top and bottom. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. I have holes on my left and on my rig. What am I?
6.A word I know, six letters it contains, Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains. What is the word?
7.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
8.What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
9.Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute?
10.What two words have the most letters in it?
1. What month do soldiers hate?
--March (三月，行军)
2.How many feet are there in a yard?
--It depends on how many people stand in the yard. (码，院子)
3.Why is an empty purse always the same?
--There is no change in it. (零钱，变化)
4.What book has the most stirring chapters?
--A cook book. (动人的，搅拌的)
5.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
--Hot dog. (热狗)
6.What is the smallest room in the world?
--Mushroom. (蘑菇)
7.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
--Drink well water. (井水，健康的)
8.How do we know the ocean is friendly?
--It waves. (起波浪，招手致意)
9.Which can move faster, heat or cold?
--Heat, because you can catch cold. (追上冷，患感冒)
10.Why is the library the highest building?
--It has the most stories. (故事，（楼）层)
11. What table is in the field?
--Vegetable
12. What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?
--silence
13. What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?
--mirror
14. What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?
经典英语谜语(一)
1.What month do soldiers hate?
--March (三月，行军)
2.How many feet are there in a yard?
--It depends on how many people stand in the yard. (码，院子)
3.Why is an empty purse always the same?
--There is no change in it. (零钱，变化)
4.What book has the most stirring chapters?
--A cook book. (动人的，搅拌的)
5.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
--Hot dog. (热狗)
6.What is the smallest room in the world?
--Mushroom. (蘑菇)
7.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? --Drink well water. (井水，健康的)
8.How do we know the ocean is friendly?
--It waves. (起波浪，招手致意)
9.Which can move faster, heat or cold?
--Heat, because you can catch cold. (追上冷，患感冒)
10.Why is the library the highest building?
--It has the most stories. (故事，（楼）层)
11. What table is in the field?
--Vegetable
12. What is the only thing you can break when you say its name? --silence
13. What is there in your house that ought to be looked into? --mirror
14. What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?
--nothing
15. What changes a pear into a pearl?
--the letter “l”
16. What question can never be answered by 'Yes'?
--Are you asleep?
17. What ship has two mates but no captain?
--courtship
18. What is the most difficult key to turn?
--a donkey
19. Where can you always find money?
--In the dictionary
20. What is the surest way to double your money?
--Fold it.
21. Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?
--In the dictionary
22. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
--the bridge of a nose
23. What letter makes a road broad?
--letter B
24. What letter sounds like a vegetable?
--letter P
25. Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world?
--Because it is killed before it is cured (烧烤待处理)
26. What match can't be put in a match-box?
--Football match, basketball match, etc.
27. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
--When they make 22.
28. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water. What am I?
--A map
29. I am something that has teeth but can't eat. What am I?
--A comb
30. What is a sick man a controdiction?
--When he is an impatient patient.
31.What can hear without ears and answer without a mouth?
--An echo
32.What room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors? --A mushroom
33.What is dark but is made by light ?
--A shadow
34.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of ?
--Trouble
35.What is black When it is clean and white when it is dirty? --A blackboard
36．What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? -- blackboard
37. What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?
-- a clock
38. What is big and bright during the day and we can’t see it at night? -- the sun
39. I am small. I can fly. I like singing in the sky. What am I? -- a bird
40. Which letter is a drink?
--T(tea)
41. Which letter is around an island?
-- C(sea)
42. Which letter is an animal?【简单英语谜语】
43. Which letter is a kind of vegetable?
-- P(pea)
44. Which is the longest English word? Why?
-- smiles(There’s a mile between the first and the last letter.)
45. Which letter is a question?
-- Y(why)
46. Which letter is a part of your face?
-- I(eye)
47. I am very big and heavy. I have a long nose and big ears. What am I ? -- an elephant
48. I am the tallest animal in the world. What am I ?
-- a giraffe
49. I live in the sea. I am the biggest animal in the sea. What am I ? -- the whale
50. What do you call your father’s father’s only son?
-- father/daddy
51. What is the biggest ant in the world?
-- an elephant
52. What is in the middle of the world?
-- the letter “r”
53. What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law? -- mom
54. What is the smallest room in the world?
-- mushroom
55. Teachers write on me with chalk. I can’t talk. What am I ? -- a blackboard
56. You have it. You read it. There are some words and pictures on it. What is it?
--.a book
57. Sometimes it looks like a boat. Sometimes it looks like a small white sun. What is it?
--moon
58. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
-- chicken
59. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
-- stamp
60. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
-- fire
61.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
62. I fly, but I have no wings. I cry, but I have no eyes.
-- cloud
63. How many letters are in the alphabet?
-- eight
64. I am always with you. Sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can’t see me in the dark.
-- shadow
65. What table is in the field?
-- vegetable
66. What table can tell you what to do?
-- timetable
67.What changes a pear into a pearl?
-- “L”
68. What letter makes a road broad?
-- “b”
69. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
-- the moon
70. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water. What am I?
--. a map
71. What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
-- hot dog
72. I am everywhere in the earth. Without me, you have to die. What am I ?
-- air
73. I can’t walk. I can’t fly. I can swim. What am I ?
-- fish
74. I am green in spring and yellow in autumn. Birds like me and people like me. What am I ?
-- a tree
75. Chicken grows from it. What is it?
-- an egg
76. It’s very small in the sky, but it’s actually very big. What is it? -- a star/ the sun/ the moon
77. It’s a colourful bridge in the sky. What is it?
-- a rainbow
78. Why do lions eat raw meat(生肉)？
-- Because they can’t cook.
79. Why is six afraid of seven?
-- Because seven eight(ate) nine.
80. A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible? -- Because all of her children are boys.
81. I am white. You can drink me. I am in the dairy group. What am I ?
82. I am green or red. I am spicy and hot. I am in the vegetable group. What am I ?
-- pepper
83. I am a kind of fruit, green outside and red inside. What am I ? -- a watermelon
84. I am a kind of fruit, yellow outside and white inside with small black seeds. What am I ?
-- a banana
85. I am orange. I am thin and long. Rabbits like me very much. What am I ?
-- a carrot
86. David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
-- Because he’s bald.
87. My fatherland is Arabia,
Though in England they roast me brown.
I'm ground up inside a mill,
And tortured with scalding water,
And then they pour milk over me,
And drink me at their leisure.
谜底是“Coffee”。
88. The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
将句中提到的单词“eternity, time, space, end, place”按照字面意思进行拆分，即可得到谜底：“The letter E”。
89. What goes up and never goes down？
谜底是“Age”。年龄是永远向上增长，不可能下降的。
经典英语谜语(二)
I. 字谜：
1) There is a thing that is the first to pity and the last to help.
2) I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me;
yet I am in the midst of crosses.
I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
You may find me in the sun,
but I am never out of darkness.
3) My first is nothing but a name;
My second still more small;
1. What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 什么东西干净的时候是黑的，脏的时候却是白的呢？ blackboard 黑板
2. What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?
什么东西有个圆圆的脸，两只瘦瘦的手，一只手长，一只长短呢？
a clock 闹钟
3. What is big and bright during the day and we can’t see it at night?
什么东西白天的时候有大又亮，晚上我们却看不见呢？ the sun 太阳
4. I am small. I can fly. I like singing in the sky. What am I? 我很小，我会飞，我喜欢在天空中唱歌。我是谁？
a bird 鸟
5. Which letter is a drink? 哪个字母读起来是一种饮料呢？ T(tea) T-茶
6. Which letter is around an island? 哪个字母代表的东西能包围一座岛屿呢？
C(sea) C-海洋
7. Which letter is an animal?哪个字母读起来是一种动物？ B(bee)B-蜜蜂
8. Which letter is a kind of vegetable?哪个字母是一种蔬菜 P(pea)【简单英语谜语】
9. Which is the longest English word? Why?如个单词是世界上最长的单词？为什么 smiles(There’s a mile between the first and the last letter.)
10. Which letter is a question?哪个字母是一个问题？ Y(why)
11. Which letter is a part of your face?哪个字母是你脸的一部分呢？
I(eye)
12. 12. an elephant
12. I am very big and heavy. I have a long nose and big ears. What am I ?我非常的大和重，我有长长的鼻子和大大的耳朵，我是谁？
an elephant
13. I am the tallest animal in the world. What am I ?我是世界上最高的动物，我是谁
a giraffe
14. I live in the sea. I am the biggest animal in the sea. What am I ?我住在海里。我是海洋里最大的动物。我是谁？
the whale
15. What do you call your father’s father’s only son?你爸爸的爸爸的唯一的儿子叫什么是你的？
father/daddy
16. What is in the middle of the world?“world”的中心是什么？
the letter “r”
19. What is the smallest room in the world?世界上最小的房间是？
mushroom
20. Teachers write on me with chalk. I can’t talk. What am I ?老师用粉笔在我身上写字，我不能说话。我是谁？
a blackboard
21. You have it. You read it. There are some words and pictures on it. What is it?你拥有他，你可以读他。上面有图画和文字。他是什么
a book
22. Sometimes it looks like a boat. Sometimes it looks like a small white sun. What is it?有时候它看起来像条船，有时候它看起来像个小小的白色的太阳。它是什么？
the moon
23. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
有一种东西，你扔掉外面的，煮里面的，煮熟后你又吃外面的，扔掉里面的，你吃的是什么？chicken
24. What goes around the world but stays in a corner? 什么东西跑遍全世界却呆在角落里？
stamp
25. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
给我食物，我将活着，给我水，我将死，我是什么？ fire
26.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
什么能跑却不能走，有一张嘴却不会说，有一个头却不会哭泣，有一张床却不会睡？
river
27. I fly, but I have no wings. I cry,
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