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英语谜语大全
month
do
soldiers
hate?
many
feet
are
there
in
a
yard?
is
an
empty
purse
always
the
same?
book has the most stirring
chapters?
kind of dog
doesn't bite or bark?
is
the smallest room in the world?
kind of water should people drink in
order to be healthy?
do we
know the ocean is friendly?
can move faster, heat or cold?
is the library the highest
building?
What month do soldiers hate?
March
(
三月，行军
)
How many feet are there in a yard?
It depends on how many
people stand in the yard.
(
码，院子
)
Why
is
an
empty
purse
always
the
same?
There
is
no
change
in
it.
(
零钱，变化
)
What
book
has
the
most
stirring
chapters?
A
cook
book.
(
动人的，搅拌的
)
What
kind
of
dog
doesn't
bite
or
bark?
Hot
dog.
(
热狗
)
What
is
the
smallest
room
in
the
world?
Mushroom.
(
蘑菇
)
What
kind
of
water
should
people
drink
in
order
to
be
healthy?
Drink
well
water.
(
井水，健康的
)
How
do
we
know
the
ocean
is
friendly?
It
waves.
(
起波浪，招手致意
)
Which
can
move
faster,
heat
or
cold?
Heat,
because
you
can
catch
cold.
(
追上冷，患感冒
)
Why
is
the
library
the
highest
building?
It
has
the
most
stories.
(
故事，（楼）层
)
1. What table
is in the field?
2. What is
the only thing you can break when you say its
name?
3. What is there in
your house that ought to be looked into?
4. What is that which you
have never seen, heard or felt, which never
existed and
still
has a
name?
5.
What
changes
a pear into a pearl?
6.
What
question can never be answered by 'Yes'?
7.
What ship
has two mates but no captain?
8.
What is the most
difficult key to turn?
9.
Where can you always find money?
10. What is the surest way
to double your money?
11.
Where does afternoon come before morning in the
world?
12.
What is the smallest bridge in the
world?
13. What letter
makes a road broad?
14.
What letter sounds like a vegetable?
15. Why is a pig the most unusual
animal in the world?
16.
What match can't be put in a match-box?
17. When do 2 and 2 make
more than 4?
18. I have
cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers
without water. What am I?
19. I am something that has teeth but
can't eat. What am I?
20.
What is a sick man a controdiction?
Key:
1
．
Vegetable
e
g
letter “l”
6. Are you asleep?
hip
8.a donkey
the dictionary
10. Fold it.
the dictionary
bridge of a nose
B
P
e it is killed before it
is cured (
烧烤待处理
)
ll match, basketball match, etc.
they make 22.
18.A map
19.A comb
he is an
impatient patient.
Q: What are two things people never eat
before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.
Q: Why did
the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.
Q: Why did the man throw the butter out
the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.
Q: Why did the man put the clock in the
safe?
A: He wanted to save time.
Q: What has two hands and a face, but
no arms and legs?
A: A clock.
Q: What has a neck, but no head?
A: A bottle.
Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: On the bottom.
Q: Why did the man throw his watch out
of the window?
A: He wanted to see time fly.
Q: What State in the United States is
High in the middle and
round at the ends?
A: Ohio.
Q:
twenty 2. One married the other. How
can be this ?
A:
he married the other
Q: How do you spell mousetrap?
A: C-A-T.
Q: How
many legs does an ant have?
A: Two,
the same as an uncle.
(HINT: ant = aunt)
Q: How many people are buried in that
cemetery?
A: All of them.
Q: What
can't be used until it's broken?
A: An egg.
Q: What do tigers have that no other
animals have?
A: Baby tigers.
Q: What is Black and white and read
(red) all over?
A: A newspaper
Submitted by: Ashley
Q: Why is
number six afraid ?
A: Because seven eight nine (seven ate
nine)
Submitted by MR Engelsman
Q: How do
you know when a motorcycle policeman is happy?
A: He has bugs on his teeth!
Submitted by Judy Snoke
Q: What
did zero say to eight?
A: Nice belt.
(The 8 looks like a 0 with a belt
around its waist.)
Q: What
did number 1 say to 7?
A: Nice hair
In the
alphabet...
Q: Which is the most self-centered
letter of the alphabet?
A:
Q: Which letter is always trying to
find reasons?
Q: Which letter is not me?
A: U.
Q: What letter can do the work in one
day that you can do in
two days?
A: W (Double u- Double you)
Q: Why don't we need a compass at the
North Pole?
A: Because every direction is south.
Submitted by Cü
neyt ARAS
Q: Why is the A like a flower?
A: Because the B is after it.
Why is the letter
Because
it's in the middle of the day.
Q:
A:
Submitted by Susana P. Varona
Q:
A:
Submitted by José
Mª
Pé
rez
Q: What has two heads, four eyes, six
legs and a tail?
A: A horse and its rider.
Q: What is
as big as a horse but doesn't weigh anything?
A: The horse's shadow.
Q. Why was
the hearse horse hoarse?
A. Because of the coffin
Submitted
by Ciaran P. McCarthy
Q: Why are man with pierced ears better
suited for marriage?
Q: Because they have suffered and
bought jewelry.
Q: What begins with T, ends with T and
has T in it?
A: A teapot.
Q: Do you know why birds fly to south
in the winter?
A: Because it's too far to walk there.
Submitted by Yang
Q: Why do
birds fly south in the fall?
A: Because
it's too far to walk!
Submitted by Michè
le
Larouche
Q: Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday
have in common?
A: None! None of them have
Submitted
by Paulo José
L. do Amaral
I tried
this one with Japanese university students. They
understood all the words and enjoyed
it.
Q: What are the 3 important rings in
life?
A: Engagement ring, Wedding ring, and
suffering.
Q: Which room has no doors, no windows.
A: A mushroom.
Submitted by LUZ
Q: What
gets wetter as it dries?
A: A towel
Q: A man rode into town on Tuesday. Two
days later he rode
home on Tuesday. How is this possible?
A: His horse's name is Tuesday.
Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the
dance?
A: He didn't have anybody to take. (any
BODY)
Submitted by Toni Allen (from daughter)
Q: A father and his son were in a car
accident. The father
died. The son was taken to the
hospital. The doctor came in
and said:
I can't do surgery on him, because he's my son.
Who
was the doctor?
A: The doctor was his mother.
It's an old riddle that is more
difficult in some countries
than in
others.
Q: Why did the student take a ladder to
school?
A: Because he/she was going to high
school!
Q: Why did the tomato blush?
A: Beacuse it saw the salad dressing!
Submitted by: Dave Williams
Q: What are the two strongest days of
the week?
A: They are Saturday and Sunday. All
the others are weak
(week) days.
Submitted by both Motoko Hashimoto &
Alfredo Bilopolsky
Q: How far can a dog run into the
forest?
A: Halfway, after that he is running
out of the forest.
Submitted by: Rabi'a
Q: What do
you call a bear without an
A: BBBBBBB
Submitted by: Drew Bassett
Q: Which
is faster, heat or cold?
A: Heat, because you can catch a cold.
A: How many apples can you eat if your
stomach is empty?
B: 4 or 5
A: No, that's wrong, because after
eating one apple your
stomach isn't empty.
Submitted
by: Mirali
If you are doing a discussion about
space, then students will
like this one.
Q: Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer
space?
A: To find Pluto.
Submitted
by: Elisa-SN Argentina
Q: What is
the differnce between the capital of Russia and a
calf's mother?
A: One is Moscow, the other is a cow's
Ma.
(It needs to be spoken to understand
it.)
Q: What do you call a Spaniard who
can't find his car?
A: Carlos
It's pronounced
Submitted by Laurence Whiteside
Q: What's the difference between
electricity and lightening?
A: You
don't have to pay for lightening.
This
riddle may be used when teaching a lesson on
occupations.
Q: What's the difference between a
TEACHER and a CONDUCTOR ?
A: A teacher TRAINS the MIND and a
conductor MINDS the TRAIN.
Submitted by: Tania Mello (Sao Paulo,
Brazil)
Q: What part of your body disappears
when you stand up?
A: Your lap. (good for phrasal 'stand
up', and 'laptop',
lap-dog, etc.)
Submitted by: Richard
Q: What do
you call a witch at the beach?
A: A
sandwich.
Submitted by Tinour
Q: Why did
the trafic signal turn red?
A: You
would too if you had to change in the middle of
the
street.
Submitted by: Drew Hinds
Q: What's
the difference between a lion with toothache and a
wet day?
A: One's roaring with pain the other's
pouring with rain
Submitted by: Eileen Dwyer
Q: Why are
baseball stadiums so cool?
A: There is a fan in every seat.
My Spanish-speaking students got a kick
out of this one.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks
3 languages?
A: (Try to elicit responses..) Tri-
Lingual.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks
two languages?
A: (Many of them know this one) Bi-
Lingual.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks
one language?
A: An American!
Submitted by: Sarah
Q: What do you call a fish without an
eye?
A: Fsh.
(Hint: No
Submitted by: Kristi Swarbrick,
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Q: What has thirteen hearts but no body
and no soul?
A: A pack of playing cards.
Q: What do
you call a fish that only cares about himself?
A: Selfish.
Submitted by Cü
neyt Aras,
Turkey
Q: Why couldn't Mozart find his
teacher?
A: Because the teacher was Hayden.
(Hayden --> Hidin' --> Hiding)
Submitted by Sheila S. and Judy R.
Q. What's a minimum?
A. A very
small mother!
(mini-mom)
Submitted by Thierry A.
Q: Why
can't a bicycle stand on its own?
A: Because
it's two-tired (too tired)
Submitted by Shir Noy
Q: What do
you get if you cross a pig with a karate fighter?
A: Pork chops.
Q: What's got a head and a tail, but no
body?
A: A coin.
Q: What's got a wave but no sea?
A: My hair.
Submitted by Nadia, age 7
Q: What has three feet but no legs or
arms?
A: A yard.
Submitted by Dobbin Pelagius
Q: Where does a boxer who weighs 135
kilograms sit on a bus?
A: Wherever he wants to.
Submitted
by François Falardeau
What makes
A cow walking backwards.
Submitted
by Fernando
Q: What does a man say when he walks
into a bar?
A: Ouch!
Submitted by Miguel M. Llop
Dí
az-Cano
Q: Where does Dracula stay when he goes
to New York City?
A: The Vampire State building.
Q: What do cows like to read?
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