英语谜语(附答案) English Puzzles (with Answers)

英语谜语(附答案) English Puzzles (with Answers) English Puzzles：

1. 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?

2. A father's child A mother's child Yet no one's son.

3. A hungry donkey was tied to a rope eight feet long. About thirty feet away there was a basket of fresh carrots. The donkey wanted to eat those carrots. How did he reach them?

4. A man jumped from a plane, but there was nothing wrong with him. Do you know why?

5. A man rode into town on Tuesday. Two days later he rode home on Tuesday. How is this possible?

6. A police officer had a brother , but the brother had no brother. How could that be?

7. A police saw a truck driver going the wrong down a one - way street, but paid no attention to him. Why?

8. A very pretty thing am I, Fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, Indeed I am a pretty thing.

9. A: How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? B: 4 or 5.

10. Add half a score to nothing and what animal does it make?

11. Add two figures to 19 and make it less than 20.

12. As black as ink and is not ink, As white as milk and is not milk, As soft as silk and is not silk, And is a thief but does not know it.

13. As long as I live 1 eat, But when I drink I die.

14. At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen.

15. Can you name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday?

16. Can you name the captital of every state in the U S in ten seconds?

17. Come up and let us go; Go down and here we stay.

18. Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?

19. Eight were standing Two were cracking Two were looking.

20. Four fingers and a thumb, Yet flesh and blood I have none.

21. Four girls have a basket with four apples in it. How can you divide the apples so that each girl gets a whole apple and one still remains in the basket?

22. From house to house I go, Sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. And whether there's rain or snow I always stay outside.

23. From what number can one take half and leave nothing? 24. Hands she has but does not hold, Teeth she has but does not bite, Feet she has but they are cold, Eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?

25. High in the sky I can see with my eye White horses are grazing. Isn't that amazing?

26. How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and still lack no rest?

27. How can you leave the room with two legs and return with six legs?

28. how can you make 1000 out of eight 8's?

29. How can you make 6 out of three 5's?

30. How can you make 6 out of three 7's?

31. How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it?

32. How could you fall off a twenty-foot ladder and not get hurt?

33. How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman's disguise?

34. How do you feel today?

35. How do you know policemen are strong?

36. How do you know when a motorcycle policeman is happy?

37. How do you spell mousetrap?

38. How far can a dog run into the forest?

39. How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? B: 4 or 5.

40. How many cheese sandwiches can you eat on an empty stomach?

41. How many feet are in a yard?

42. How many months have 28 days?

43. How many people are buried in that cemetery?

44. How many sides does a circle have?

45. How many sweets can you put into an empty bag?

46. I always run or stand, but I never walk. What am I?

47. I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts my tail, Takes off my suit of silk, And weeps beside me when I am dead.

48. I daily am in France and Spain, At times do all the world explore, Since time began I've held my reign, And shall till time will be no more. I never in my life have strolled In garden, field, or city park, Yet all of these are sad and cold If I'm not there and it is dark.

49. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees; rivers but without water;what am I?

50. I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do; I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty;

I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more