第一篇：英语谜语123
英文谜语同中国谜语一样有着极其悠久的历史，其中最为有名的大概是斯芬克司之“谜”了。“斯芬克司”一词源自希腊语Sphinx，是希腊神话中一个可怕的怪物，它长着女人的头、狮子的身躯，身上还有两只翅膀。传说中，狮身人面的女怪斯芬克司生性残酷无比，常常守在大路口，让过往的行人猜一个谜，猜错了就要被吃掉。有一次，一位国王的儿子被斯芬克司吃掉了，国王一怒之下，发出悬赏：“谁能把它制服，就给他王位。”青年俄狄浦斯(Oedipus)应召前去，很快就道破谜底，斯芬克司便自杀了。这个世界著名的谜语是：What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three, but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it will be.其谜底是Man.Because he crawls first, then walks on two feet, uses a cane when old.因为人在婴儿时用四肢在地上爬行，成人后两腿行走，年老后拄拐杖走路，所以谜底是“人”。这What goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk? 该个谜语还可以这样说：谜语采用了描写其特征的方法，英语中这种谜语被称为事物谜，也叫做描述性谜语(descriptive riddles)。事物谜的谜面通常是用比喻、暗示或其他方法来描绘所猜谜底的特征，和汉语中物谜的谜面构成及猜测方法基本相同。
2)What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？谜底是“A teapot”。teapot(茶壶)一词以字母T开头和结尾，而茶壶里装的自然是茶(tea)，所以是full of T。
3)The longest word in the world.谜底是“smiles”。这个单词的首字母和尾字母之间是单词“mile”(英里)，可以理解为首尾间有一英里长，自然就是世界上最长的单词了。猜这个字谜时，千万不要去翻词典去找一个字母最多的单词。
2)What is the cheapest way to see the world？
谜底是“Buy an atlas”。买一张地图(buy an atlas)就可以见到整个世界(see the world)了。而其实see the world作为一个固定词组时的意思是“见多识广”。
有些貌似简单，谜底却耐人寻味。如：
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。还有一些则语出惊人，出人意料，细细品味倒也幽默风趣，让人哑然失笑。
例如：
Why should you never marry a tennis player？ 谜底是“Because love means nothing to them”。love的通用义是“爱情”，在网球比赛中则表示“零分”。
英文智力谜语中有一类比较难猜，这类谜语是通过篡改英语谚语、成语或名句而形成的，要猜出这些谜语就必须对这些谚语、成语了如指掌，否则，就是绞尽脑汁也未必能猜中。略举例说明一下：
1)Why shouldn't you cry if a cow slips on the ice? 谜底是“Because it's no use crying over spilt milk.”
英语中成语“覆水难收”是这样表达的：“It's no use crying over spilt milk.”所以谜底就用成语作一戏言，因为母牛摔在地上，它身上的牛奶也洒了。
2)What's a sculptor's motto?
谜底是“All work and no clay makes Jack a dull boy.”
雕塑师(sculptor)的格言All work and no clay makes Jack a dull boy.(只工作没有土，聪明孩子也变傻。)是模仿谚语All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.(只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。)杜撰而来。英语100题 简单题
一、抢答题
1.It’s in our classroom.We can write on it.__________
2.It’s the tallest animal in the zoo.__________
3.What kind of fruit is purple？__________
4.It’s afraid of cats.It likes eating all kinds of food.__________
5.You use it to brush your teeth.__________
6.What kind of food is triangle？__________
7.It is a room.We sleep in it.__________
二、速答题
1.You can put your money and your cards in it.What is it？
It’s a _______ or a _______.2.If you want to know the time, you can use it.What is it？
It’s a_______ or a _______.3.If you want to have a cup of tea, you may use it.What is it？
It’s a _______.4.What do people usually eat at the Dragon Boat Festival？
They’re _______ _______.5.We can put it on the birthday cake.What is it？
It’s a _______.三.小学生英语谜语及最佳答案
1.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat?
2.what is in the center of the water?
3.Two little brothers, One lives on one side，The other on the other side, They hear what you say，But they do not see each other.4.What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth?
5.What a room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors?
6.What large instrument do you carry in your ears?
7.What person tried to make you smile most of the time?
8.What has hands but no feet,a face but no eyes,tells but not talk?
9.What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
10.What has a soft bed but never sleeps,a big mouth but never speaks?
11.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
12.What is higher without a head than with a head?
13.What is dark but made by light?
四.开心一问
1.What gets larger，the more you take away？什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？
2.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？
3.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？
4.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？
5.Can you tell me some thing about the great scientists of the 18th century？你能告诉我一些18世纪伟大科学家的事吗？
中等题 英语谜语
1.What is higher without a head than with a head?
2.What is dark but made by light?
3.What a room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors?
4.What large instrument do you carry in your ears?
5.What person tried to make you smile most of the time?
6.What has hands but no feet, a face but no eyes, tells but not talk?
7.What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
8.What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?
9.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
10.What has two legs but cann't walk?
11.From what number can you take half and leave nothing?
12.what two word have thousands of letters in them?
13.what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?
14.what kind of dog never bite?
15.where does afternoon always come before morning?
16.what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals?
17.what number gets bigger when you turn it upside down?
难题
一类与汉语民间谜语一样，用几句话描述一样事物，英语谜语可以分为两类，然后要求猜射；另一类谜面短小，运用单词结构及双关谐音等手法巧妙答问。
1.Two little brothers，One lives on one side，The other on the other side，They hear what you say，But they does not see each other。
2.It is so weak，That a little wind can move it，It is so strong，That you can cut it with a knife and leave no trace。
3.Why is a river very rich?
4.Which four letters are the thief afraid of?
5.What part of a clock is always old?
6.What is white when it is dirty?
7.which letter makes her hear?
8.I jump into the water，what do I do ?
9.What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？
10.The longest word in the world.11.What is the cheapest way to see the world？
12.What goes up and never goes down？
13.Why should you never marry a tennis player？
14.Why shouldn't you cry if a cow slips on the ice?
较难题
【趣味英语】英语谜语小萃
1.What month do soldiers hate?
2.How many feet are there in a yard?
3.Why is an empty purse always the same?
4..What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
5.What is the smallest room in the world?
6.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
7.How do we know the ocean is friendly?
8.Which can move faster, heat or cold?
9.Why is the library the highest building?
10.What table is in the field?
11.What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?
12.What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?
13.What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?
14.What changes a pear into a pearl?
15.What question can never be answered by 'Yes'?
16.What ship has two mates but no captain?
17.What is the most difficult key to turn?
18.Where can you always find money?
19.What is the surest way to double your money?
20.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?
21.What is the smallest bridge in the world?
22.What letter makes a road broad?
23.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
24.I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.What am I?
25.I am something that has teeth but can't eat.What am I?
26.What is a sick man a controdiction?
27.What can hear without ears and answer without a mouth?
28.What room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors?
29.What is dark but is made by light ?
30.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of ?
31.What is black When it is clean and white when it is dirty?
答案
简单题：
一、抢答题
二、速答题
三.小学生英语谜语最佳答案：1.tiger 2.T 3.ear 4——13：answer: An echo、A mushroom、Drums、A photographer、A clock、A blackboard、A river、Trouble、A pillow、A shadow
四.开心一问：1.Ahole.洞
2.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。
3.3.A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。
4.4.In the dictionary.在字典里。
5.They're all dead.他们都已过世。
中等题 英语谜语大全中文答案:1--17 ：a pillow（枕头）
a shadow（影子）a mushroom
drums
a photographer
a clock
a blackboard（蘑菇）（鼓）（摄影师）（钟）
a river
trouble
compass
dictionary sixth hotdog（黑板）（河）（麻烦）（圆规）nowhere eye 6 难题1——14：ear water because it has tow banks(堤岸;银行)
O，I，C，U(oh，I see you)
second-hand(秒针，二手货)
blackboard
a waiter
“A teapot”
“smiles”
“Buy an atlas”
“Age”
“Because love means nothing to them”
“Because it's no use crying over spilt milk.” 因为英语中成语“覆水难收”是这样表达的：“It's no use crying over spilt milk.”所以谜底就用成语作一戏言，因为母牛摔在地上，它身上的牛奶也洒了。
较难题 【趣味英语】英语谜语小萃：1----31：March(三月，行军)
It depends on how many people stand in the yard.(码，院子)
There is no change in it.(零钱，变化)
Hot dog.(热狗)
Mushroom.(蘑菇)
Drink well water.(井水，健康的)
It waves.(起波浪，招手致意)
Heat, because you can catch cold.(追上冷，患感冒)
It has the most stories.(故事情，（楼）层)
Vegetable silence mirror nothing
the letter “l”
Are you asleep? Courtship a donkey In the dictionary
Fold it
In the dictionary
the bridge of a nose
letter B
When they make 22
A map
A comb When he is an impatient patient
An echo A mushroom
A shadow
Trouble
A blackboard
第二篇：英语谜语
英语谜语大全
1.What month do soldiers hate? 2.How many feet are there in a yard? 3.Why is an empty purse always the same? 4.What book has the most stirring chapters? 5.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? 6.What is the smallest room in the world?
7.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? 8.How do we know the ocean is friendly? 9.Which can move faster, heat or cold? 10.Why 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
2.silence
3.mirror
4.nothing
5.the letter “l” 6.Are you asleep? 7.courtship
8.a donkey
9.In the dictionary
10.Fold it.11.In the dictionary
12.the bridge of a nose
13.letter B
14.letter P 15.Because it is killed before it is cured(烧烤待处理)16.Football match, basketball match, etc.17.When they make 22.18.A map 19.A comb 20.When 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: “There were some twins.One was twenty, the other was
twenty 2.One married the other.How can be this ?”
A: “One was twenty, the other twenty too.One was a priest so
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: “i”(I)Q: Which letter is always trying to find reasons?
“y”(Why?“)
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 Cüneyt ARAS
Q: Why is the A like a flower?
A: Because the B is after it.Why is the letter ”A“ like noon?
Because it's in the middle of the day.Q: ”What letter of the alphabet has got lots of water?“
A: ”The C“
Submitted by Susana P.Varona
Q: ”What letter of the alphabet is always waiting in order?“
A: ”The Q.(queue)
Submitted by José Mª Pérez
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 Michèle Larouche
Q: Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
have in common?
A: None!None of them have “c”, “o”,“m” or “n” in them.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 “ear”?
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 “carless”(meaning without a car)
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 “eye” = No “i”)
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 Cüneyt 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 “oom” and gives milk?
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 Díaz-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? A: The mooooospaper
Q: What is the longest word?
A: Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last
s.Submitted by Guillermo Flores GrajalesCanada
Q: How do you catch a squirrel?
A: Climb a tree and act like a nut!
Submitted by Mark Grable
A: Why did the boy balloon chase the girl balloon?
Q: Because he wanted to see her bust!
Q: What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A: fsh(No letter “i”, so no i's.)
Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No idea.(No eye deer)
Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs?
A: Still no idea.Q: Where do cows go for entertainment?
A: They go to the mooovies!
Q: What animal is it that has four legs a tail and flies?
A: A dead horse!
A: What is the difference between a mail box and an elephant? B: I don't know.A: I'm not going to give you any letters to post then!
Submitted by Leda Giménez de Comba , from Argentina
Q: What do you call 'a fly' without wings?
A: You call it 'a walk.'
Submitted by Makaron
I saw this on a web-site of musician jokes.It's not original，but I thought I would share it.Here it is:
Q: What's the difference between a musician and a savings
bond?
A: A savings bond eventually matures and earns money.Submitted by James Wilson, Mt.San Antonio College
Q: What color is a guitar string?
A: Plink!
(It is the sound the a guitar makes.The word sounds like the
color “pink.”)
Submitted by Submitted by V.Ellison
What goes “ZUB, ZUB”?
A bee flying backwards.(Buz,Buz)wards.(Buz,Buz)
Submitted by Jozef Karpat
(After teaching about telling time)
Teacher: What time is it?
Students: Umm, eight fifty-nine?
Teacher: Nope.Students: About nine o'clock?
Teacher: No.Students: What then?
Teacher: It's time to go home.Submitted by Kier Bass
Q: What did one light bulb say to another light bulb?
A: You are the light of my life.Submitted by brenda “la chuca”
Q: Why did the golfer take and extra pair of pants for his
Saturday round of golf?
A: In case he got a hole in one.Submitted by Leah Davis Q.Why did the golfer wear two pairs of trousers?
A.In case he got a hole in one!
Submitted by Lesley Morgan
Q: What flowers have two lips?
A: Tulips
Q: They travel all over the world but end up in the corner，what are they?
A: Stamps
Submitted by Takya, Malaysia.Q: Why didn't the farmer cry when his dairy cow fell off the
cliff?
A: There's no use crying over split milk.Submitted by Alfred Vincent
Q: Ten copycats were sitting in a boat, and one jumped out.How many were left?
A: None.They were all copycats.Q: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailor?
A: A jeweler sells watches.A jailer watches cells.Submitted by Cristina Toso
Q: What is a bachelor?
A: A man who never Mrs.(misses)anyone.Submitted by C.Berry
Q: Why do cows have bells?
A: Because their horns don't work.Submitted by Barbara Koehler
This one may be difficult for some ESL students since it
requires knowing the words “seagul”, “bay” and “bagel”
Q: Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
A: Because if they flew over the bay, they would be bagels!
Submitted by Corey Palmer, Lemoore, CA
Q: What's the difference between a trampoline and an English
textbook?
A: You take off your shoes before jumping on a trampoline.Q: How do you get ten English teachers to agree on the best
teaching method?
A: Shoot nine of them.(Use as an example of the insult variety of jokes.)Q: Why were the little drops of ink crying?
A: Their mother was in the pen and they did not know how long
her sentence would be.Submitted by Walter Lowe, aka “Anonymouse”
Q: How many sheep does it take to make one wool sweater?
A: I didn't even know sheep could knit!
Q: What's a teacher's favorite nation?
A: Expla-nation.Q: What's the most colorful state of U.S.A.?
A: Color-ado.Submitted by Jeanine Padilha,Brazil
Q: In what state does it cost the most to live in?
A: Expennsylvania.Submitted by Mike McKinney
Q: What did the cannibal who was late for dinner get?
A: The cold shoulder.Submitted by Sean
A Christmas time joke for grammar classes:
Q: What do you call Santa's helpers? A: Subordinate Clauses.Submitted by: Mike
Q: What do you call a dog with no legs?
A: Why bother, he won't come anyway.Q: How do you top a car?
A: Tep on the brake, tupid!
Submitted by Sandra Duncan
Q: Is there a word in the English language that uses all the
vowels including “y” ?
A: Unquestionablely!
Submitted by lisa
Q: Why do birds fly south for the winter?
A: Because it's too far to walk.Submitted by Kevin Long
Vocabulary Quiz:
Q: What is the longest word in the English language?
A: Smiles.(There is a mile between the first letter and the
last letter.)
Information Quiz:
Q: What is the tallest building in our town? A: The library.(It has the most stories.)
Submitted by Walter Lowe, aka “Anonymouse”
Q: If you are Russian before you enter the bathroom and
Finnish after you leave the bathroom, what are you when you
are in the bathroom?
A: European.(You're a-peein'.)
Submitted by Cara Thompson(from my step-daughters)
This riddle may be good for high-level science majors.Q: What do you call a test tube that graduates from high
school?
A: A graduated cylinder
Submitted by Margaret Elliott
Q: How did Jonah feel after he got swallowed by a fish?
A: Down in the mouth.Q: What did the monk say to the hotdog vendor?
A: Make me one with everything.Submitted by Jason Schulte
Maybe only appropriate for more mature students.Q: What did the fish say when he hit the wall?
A: Dam!
Submitted by: DuMars
Q: A man was locked in a room with only a bed, a calendar, and
a piano.How did he drink, how did he eat, and how did he get
out? Another man was locked in a room with only a mirror and a
table.How did he get out? A third man was locked in an empty
room.How did he escape?
A: The first man drank from the springs of the bed, ate the
dates off the calendar and played the piano until he found the
right key, which he used to unlock the door.The second man
looked in the mirror to see what he saw.Then he took the saw
and cut the table in half.Next, he put the two halves
together to make a whole.Finally, he crawled out through the
hole.The third man broke out with the measles.Submitted by Walter Lowe, aka “Anonymouse”
Q.What's brown and sticky? A.A stick!
Submitted by Moira Dykes, Cambridge
第三篇：英语谜语
1.汽车会飞(猜一种饮料)答案：咖啡 谜语解析(car 飞)2.What stays hot even if put it in a fridge? 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
3.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 4.With which hand do you write? 你用哪只手写字呢? key: neither, I use a pen!
答案：都不用，我用笔
5.What man cannot live in a house? 什么人不能住在房子里? 谜语snowman（雪人）
6.What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out?
什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来?
key: keyhole
答案：锁眼
7.What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out?
什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来?
key: keyhole
答案：锁眼
8.4个手指是four，那么4个弯的手指是什么? 答案：wonderful 谜语解析：弯的four 9.How many sides does a circle have?
一个圆有几个面? key: Two，the inside and the outside
答案：两面，里面和外面
10.When can you get water with a net? 什么时候你可以用网拿到水呢？ key: when water is turned into ice
答案：当水变成冰的时候
11.What's the poorest bank in the world? 世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？
key: the river bank
答案：河岸。bank还有河岸的意思
12.What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? 什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多? key: your name
答案：你的名字
13.What always goes up and never goes down? 什么东西永远只升不降
key: your age
答案：你的年龄
14.What will you break once you say it?
什么东西你说出来就打破了它? key: silence
答案：沉默
15.What do every couple have in common? 每一对夫妻都有的共同点是什么? key: they're married on the same day
答案: 他们都在同一天结婚
16.What word is pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars?
哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错? key: wrong
答案：wrong(错)
17.Which can move faster，heat or cold？ 冷和热谁跑得快？
key: Heat，because you can catch cold．热跑得快，因为你追得上冷。
cold n．冷；感冒 catch cold追上冷；患感冒 18.What is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest? 什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是空的。key：a shoe
答案：鞋
19.What has teeth but cannot eat? 什么东西有牙齿却不能吃东西?
key：corn
答案：玉米
第四篇：英语谜语
谜语笑话
1.What room has no walls，no doors，no windows，and no floors? A mushroom.(蘑菇)2.What is smaller than an insect’s mouth? Anything it eats.3.What large instrument do you carry in your ears? Drums，that is eardrums.(鼓膜)4.What’s too much for one，just right for two，but nothing at all for three? A secret.5.What person tried to make you smile most of the time? A photographer.6.What animal has a head like a cat，eyes like a cat，a tail like a cat，but isn’t a cat? A kitten.(小猫)7.What surprising things happen every 24 hours? Day breaks，but doesn’t fall;night falls，but doesn’t break.8.What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth? An echo.(回声)9.What do you know about the kings of France? They are all dead.10.What question can you never answer ’yes“ to” Are you asleep? 11.Why do some old people never use glasses? They must prefer bottles to glasses.12.Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house? Because the instructions on the paint can say “Put on two coats for best results.” 13.What two words have thousands of letters in them? Post office.14.What do workers do in a clock factory? They make faces all day.15.What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? Sixty.16.When do you go as fast as a racing car? When you are in it.17.How many sides does a house have? Two-inside and outside.18.What never asks any questions but always gets answers? A doorbell.19.Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America? On his feet.20.When the boy fell into the water，what’s the first thing he did? He got wet first of all.21.Who isn’t your sister and isn’t your brother，but is still a child of your mother and father? I myself.22.What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.23.What kind of man can raise things without lifting them? A farmer.24.Why does time fly? To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.25.Name five days of the week without saying: Monday，Tuesday，Wednesday，Thursday，Friday.The day before yesterday，yesterday，today，tomorrow，and the day after tomorrow.26.What animal eats and drinks with its tail? All do.No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.27.What has a soft bed but never sleeps，a big mouth but never speaks? A river.28.What kind of dog never bite? A hot dog.29.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor? Because it can’t sit down.30.What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man? It’s nice not to see you again.31.What wears a cap but has no head? A bottle.32.What rises in the morning and waves all day? A flag.33.What is an astronomer?(天文学家)? A night watchman with a college education.34.How can you tell clocks and watches are shy? Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.35.What is wind? Air in a hurry.36.What comes after the letter “A”? All the other letters.37.What starts with a T，ends with a T，and is full of T? Teapot.38.What word can you make shorter by adding to it? Short.39.What person does every man take his hat off to? A barber.40.Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school? Because he wants to go to high school.41.What can you swallow that can also swallow you? Water.42.What’s the difference between a hill and a pill? A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.43.Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington? Because he’s dead.44.A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl.The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left.Why? Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.45.What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you? Nothing.Because I’m a woman.46.What always travels on foot? A shoe.47.Where can happiness always be found? In the dictionary.48.What is higher without a head than with a head? A pillow.(枕头)49.Why don’t you advertise for your lost dog? He can’t read.50.On which side does a bird have the most feathers? The outside.51.What is the best thing to keep in hot weather? Cool!52.What is never used until it’s broken? An egg.53.What’s a skeleton?(骨架)It’s a lot of bones without the person on them!54.What is dark but made by light? A shadow.55.What can you break with only one word? Silence.56.What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out? The light.57.A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street，but didn’t give him a ticket.Why? Because the truck driver was walking.58.Where can milk be best stored? In a cow.59.Which can move faster，heat or cold? Heat，because you can catch cold easily.60.What’s the hardest thing about learning skating? The ice.61.What has cities with no houses，rivers without water and forests without trees? A map.62.What can be measured but has no length，width or thickness? The temperature.63.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats.64.Why is writing called handwriting? If people wrote with their feet，we would have to call it footwriting.65.If there were only thre girls in the world，what do you think they would do? Two of them would get together ans talk about the other one.66.How many great men have been born in London? None.Only babies.67.When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it? When you have a hole in your pocket.68.The greater it is，the less it can be seen.What is it? Darkness.69.The more you take away，the bigger I become.What am I? A hole.70.Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life? A priest.(牧师)1.What two words contain thousands of letters? 那两个单词包含了所有的字母?
答案(Key)Post Office 邮局
注解： letter n.信件；字母
2.Why is the airplane pilot like the escaping prisoner? 为什么说飞机驾驶员与在逃犯相似? 答案(Key)They both want safe flights.因为他们都希望飞行安全。
注解： flight n.飞行；逃亡，逃跑 safe flight 安全飞行；安全出逃 3.What do elephants use to communicate with each other? 大象用什么交谈？
答案(Key)Big words.大个的词。4.What will you break once you say it? 什么东西说出来就碎了? 答案(Key)Silence:沉默
注解： break the silence 打破沉默
5.What makes fish the smartest animal in the world? 鱼我什么是世界上最聪明的动物？
答案(Key)No one can pull its leg.它没有腿给人拉。
注解： pull one's leg真正的涵义是：是…上当受骗
6.What kind of running meads walking? 什么样的跑步意味着走路?
答案(Key)Running out of gas 汽油用完了
7.What do girls find the easiest to part with? 女孩子们发现什么东西最舍得放弃?
答案(Key)A comb.梳子
注解： part with放弃（尤指不自愿地）； 用…分头路或发缝
8.什么东西有脚却不会走路？ What has a foot but can't walk?
答案(Key)A bed 一张床
9.Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn’t kiss her back.Why? 玛莉问了吻了姑姑再见，可是姑姑却没有吻玛莉，为什么？
答案(Key)
Her aunt kissed her face.她姑姑亲了她的脸。
Kiss her back 回吻她；吻她的背
10.What is the longest word in the English language? 英语里最长的单词是什么？
答案(Key)
“Smiles”,because there’s a maile between the beginning and the end of it.What two things can't you have for breakfast?
早饭时不能吃哪两样东西？
Lunch and dinner 午饭和晚饭。
What kind of umbrella does a Russian carry when it's raining? 当下雨时一个俄国人带着什么样的伞？ A wet one 一把湿的伞。
（1）----Who is closer to you，your mom or your dad ?(爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）
—— Mom is closer because dad is father.（2）----What fruit is never found singly ?(什么水果永远不会是单个的？）
—— A pear.（3）----Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ?(年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）
—— Because she is Miss Fortune.注: 以上脑筋急转弯泛采用了同音词（homonyms）:（1）“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远）（2）“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对），（3）“Miss Fortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸）
（4）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？）
——Because it is matchless.（5）Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？）
——Because he enjoyed cool music.（6）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？）——Pepper.注: 以上脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）：
（4）“matchless”既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”；（5）“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”；（6）“hot”有两个意思：热、辣。
（7）What kind of table has no legs? —A timetable.（8）What month do soldiers hate？—March.（9）Why is a peacock the best story teller? —Because it always has a beautiful tail.（10）Which runs faster，heat or cold? —Heat，because you can catch a cold.（11）Why does time fly? —Because many people are trying to kill it.（12）What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? —Envelope.（13）What word is pronounced wrong，even by the best of scholars? —The word“wrong”.（14）Where does harvest come before work? —In a dictionary.（15）Why is the letter E so important? —Because it is the beginning of everything.Answer
1.How much dirt is there in a hole exactly one foot deep and one foot feet wide?(Answer: None.A hole is empty.)
2.What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand?
(Answer: Your right elbow.)
so Jonathan is right!
3.How do you spell “mousetrap” with only three letters?
(Answer: C-A-T)
4.How many books can you put in an empty schoolbag?
(Answer: None.If you put a book in it, it is no longer empty.)
Vagabond, Sunny and wormwarning got the correct answer.5.What street does a ghost live on?(Answer: Dead end.)
6.What is a vampire's favorite animal?
(Answer: A giraffe.因为长颈鹿的脖子长！)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?
<5> What two things can't you have for breakfast? ANSWER <1> Wet <2> Taxi driver <3> An envelope <4> On the ends of their fingers <5> Lunch and breakfast
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.1)What month do soldiers hate? 2)How many feet are there in a yard? 3)Why is an empty purse always the same? 4)What book has the most stirring chapters? 5)What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? 6)What is the smallest room in the world? 7)What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? 8)How do we know the ocean is friendly? 9)Which can move faster, heat or cold? 10)Why is the library the highest building?
Keys: 1)March(三月，行军)2)It depends on how many people stand in the yard.(码，院子)3)There is no change in it.(零钱，变化)4)A cook book.(动人的，搅拌的)5)Hot dog.(热狗)6)Mushroom.(蘑菇)7)Drink well water.(井水，健康的)8)It waves.(起波浪，招手致意)9)Heat, because you can catch cold.(追上冷，患感冒)10)It has the most stories.(故事，（楼）层)
（1）----Who is closer to you，your mom or your dad ?(爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）
—— Mom is closer because dad is father.
（2）----What fruit is never found singly ?(什么水果永远不会是单个的？）
—— A pear.
（3）----Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ?(年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）
—— Because she is Miss Fortune. 注: 以上脑筋急转弯泛采用了同音词（homonyms）:（1）“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远）（2）“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对），（3）“Miss Fortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸）
（4）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？） ——Because it is matchless.
（5）Why did little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？） ——Because he enjoyed cool music.
（6）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？） ——Pepper.
注: 以上脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）：
（4）“matchless”既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”；（5）“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”；（6）“hot”有两个意思：“热”、“辣”。
（7）What kind of table has no legs?—A timetable.（8）What month do soldiers hate？ —March.
（9）Why is a peacock the best story teller? —Because it always has a beautiful tail.
（10）Which runs faster，heat or cold?—Heat，because you can catch a cold.
（11）Why does time fly? —Because many people are trying to kill it.（12）What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? —Envelope.（13）What word is pronounced wrong，even by the best of scholars? —The word“wrong”.
（14）Where does harvest come before work?—In a dictionary.
（15）Why is the letter E so important?—Because it is the beginning of everything.
第五篇：英语谜语
Who makes it, has no need of it.Who buys it, has no use for it.Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.--------coffin
Tell me what a dozen rubber trees with thirty boughs on each might be?-----Months of the year
As I went over London Bridge I met my sister Jenny I broke her neck and drank her blood And left her standing empty.-----Gin
It is said among my people that some things are improved by death.Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?-----Pig
All right.Riddle me this: what goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?------the Sun
What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?-----roasting meat on a spit Whilst I was engaged in sitting I spied the dead carrying the living.-----a ship I know a word of letters three.Add two, and fewer there will be.-----'few' when I take my clothes off
he get dressed when I put my clothes on he is undressed(打一用品）当我脱下衣服时，它就穿上衣服； 当我穿上衣服时，它就脱下衣服。答案是“衣架”
.What animal wears big black glasses on its face? 什么动物脸上戴个大墨镜？（Panda 熊猫）
2.I'm almost white, but the fur of my ears, eye pits are black.I live in the wild forests,I like eating bamboos!Who am I ?
我几乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窝是黑的。我生活在森林里，喜欢吃竹子。我是谁？（Panda 熊猫）
3.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat? 眼睛尾巴像只猫,但又不是猫?（Tiger 老虎）
4：What letter is a body of water? 谜底是：C(sea)即字母C,谐音就是“sea”大海，有很多水.What is the most difficult key to turn? Answer：donkey（驴、傻瓜)One thing has no feet,but it can travel all around the world,what is it? It looks like a cat,it is big and fierce,what is it? Tiger.They are the biggest animals in the world.(鲸)It is very big, and its nose is very long.(象)What kind of monkey can fly?
What is the largest ant in the world? 1.An elephant（大象）
2.A hot air baboon.（一个热气球）
1.哪种ant（蚂蚁）最大？单词elephant（大象），大象是最大的动物
2.哪种猴子会飞？A hot air baboon.意思是一个热气球，另外baboon的意思也是狒狒（猴类的一种），A hot air baboon在英语里的意思就是热气球
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