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 compa 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 poible?
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 dreing!
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 Baett
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 discuion 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 Ruia 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 \"carle\" (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 leon 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 cro 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 Ba
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.(mies) 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 claes:
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 Ruian 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
