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Brainteasers stories 1 The Two Presidents The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers.How could this be so? (They were the same man.Grover Cleve-land(1837~1908) 格罗弗.克利夫兰 served two terms as president of the United States, but the terms were not consecutive.He was president from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.)
2.What’s Wrong with the Radio?
A young girl was listening to the radio.Suddenly it went off for a minute and then came back on again.There was nothing wrong with the radio or with the program transmiion from the radio station转播台.She did not touch the radio controls按钮.Why did it go off and on? (The girl was listening to the radio in her father’s car.The car drove through a tunnel and reception was temporarily interrupted.)
3.The Man in the Bar A man walked into a bar and asked the barman for a gla of water.They had never met before.The barman pulled a gun from under the counter and pointed it at the man.The man said “Thank you” and walked out.Why should that be so? (The man had hiccups打嗝.The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun to give the man a shock.It worked and cured the hiccups, so the man was grateful (and no longer needed the water.)
4.The Last Meage 遗言
A man was found shot dead in his study.He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand.There was a caette recorder on his desk.When the police entered the room and preed the play button on the tape recorder they heard, “I can’t go on.I have nothing to live for毫无牵挂.”Then there was the sound of a gunshot.How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered? (The caette had started at the beginning of the man’s utterance.Who could have rewound it?)
5.Playing Tennis Two men were playing tennis.They played five sets and each man won three sets.How did they do this? (The two men were partners playing doubles.)
6.Growing Younger
Ben was 20 years old in 1980 but only 15 years old in 1985.How come? (Ben was born in the year 2000B.C.So in 1985 B.C.he was 15 and in 1980B.C.he was 20.
7.Fishing Rod James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56.Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported.The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod
be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally 完美主义者James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece! (Insert the fishing rod into a box which measures 4 feet on all sides, the fishing rod will fit within the diagonal 对角线 of the box with room to spare.)
8.Letter and Square位置
Here is a word, it goes like this.The letter M comes before B.E is before R and after B.U is after N.B is in the No.four square before E.Do you know the word? (Number)
9.Days of the Week Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday or Sunday? (Yesterday, today, tomorrow)
10.Invisible apple There are 20 people in an empty square room.Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body or moving in any way(other than eyes.) Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it? (Place the apple on one person’s head.)
11.Ancient Invention There is an ancient invention still used in many parts of the world today that allows people so see through walls.What is it? (window)
12.Look at the Photo A man remembered the question he once pursued, when he looked at the photo and sighed, “Neither brothers nor sisters I have, but the father of this man was the son of my father.” Who was the person in the photo? (The man on the photo was his son.)
13.How Many People
On the way to the bank, Mr.Green met three of his friends.Each of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her arms… How many people are going to the bank? (Only Mr.Green, the other people may not be going to the bank.)
14.How to New York?
It usually takes a man two days to travel from San Francisco to New York by car.But Mr.Black left San Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same Friday.How could he do it? (He took a plane.)
15 Keep from Drowning
Imagine you’re about to take a bath in a sound proof bathroom.There are no windows.There’s only one door, and it locks automatically from outside when shut.You shut the door, turn on the water in the bathtub.Suddenly you discover something wrong with the faucets.(水龙头) You can’t turn off the water! What to do? If you call for help no one will hear you because of the soundproof walls.You can’t get out because the door is locked from the outside.How can you keep from drowning? (Pull out of the stopper of the drain.拔排水孔的塞子)
16.The Blood on the Roof
Tiue dropped in with his friend, Jack, to find him sleeping on the couch with the TV turned on.He saw fresh blood on the ceiling above his head, and checked with Jack (after waking him) to make sure everything was OK.Everything was, indeed, fine.Why was Jack’s blood on the ceiling, but nowhere else? (Jack had swatted a mosquito that had bitten him while he attempted to get some sleep.)
17.A Doctor and a Bus Driver
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah.The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week.Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples.Why? (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
18.The Dirt in Hole
How much dirt is in a round hole that is 9 feet deep with a diameter of a3 feet?
Hint: You don’t have to do any math to get the answer.Just use your head! (None.You make a hole by digging out the dirt, so the hole is empty.)
19.The Girl in One-way Street A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn’t break the law.How come? (She was walking.)
20.Death in a Field A man is lying dead in a field.Next to him is an unopened package.There is no other creature in the field.How did he die? (The man had jumped from a place, but his parachute had failed to open.It was the unopened package by his side.)
21.The Goal, Carrot and Scarf
Five pieces of coal, a carrot, and a scarf are lying on the lawn.Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for their being there.What is it? (They were used by children who made a snowman.The snow has now melted.)
22.The Magician and Children
A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water.His record was 6 minutes.A kid that was listening said, “That’s nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!” The magician told the kid if he could do that, he’d give him $10000.The kid did it and won the money.Can you figure out how? (The kid filled a gla of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.)
23Electric Trains
An electric train is traveling northwest at 95 miles per hour, and the wind is blowing southwest at 95 miles per hour.In which direction does the smoke blow? (There isn’t any smoke.It’s an electric train.)
24.A House in Forest Hiking in the mountains, you walk past a large field and camp a few miles farther on, at a stream.It snows in the night, and the next day you find a cabin in the field with two dead bodies inside.What happened? Variant wording: A cabin, on the side of a mountain, locked from the inside, is opened, and 30 people are found dead inside.They had plenty of food and water.What happened? (It’s the cabin of an airplane that crashed there because of the snowstorm.)小屋就是飞机的机舱。
25.The Ball Flies Back
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if doesn’t hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it? (Throw the ball straight up in the air.)
26.The Blind Buys Sunglaes
There’s a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush.By imitating the action of brushing one’s teeth, he succefully exprees himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now, if there’s a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglaes, how should he expre himself? (He opens his mouth and says: “I would like to buy a pair of sunglaes.”)
27.A Coin in Bottle
If you put a coin in an empty bottle and insert and a cork into the neck of the bottle, how could you remove the coin without taking the cork out or breaking the bottle? (Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.)
28.The Fugitive in Theatre 剧场里的通缉犯
A man was on the run from the police.He was relaxing, watching a play in a crowded theatre.Suddenly he noticed that detectives were closing in on him from all directions and were covering
all exits.But finally, he did manage to escape from it.How did he escape? (The fugitive leapt up and shouted, “Fire, fire.” Pandemonium broke out and the audience all rushed for the exits.He easily escaped in the confusion.)
29.A Dog Was Croing River
Jake was standing on one side of the river, and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side.“Come on, Scruffy! Come, boy!” shouted Jake.Scruffy croed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for a good dog.The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn’t even get wet!
How did Scruffy do that?
30.Go To the Movies with Friends
If you go to the movies and you’re paying this, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time? (It’s cheaper to take two friends at the same time.In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.)
31.The Height of Tree
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years.How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height? (9 years)
32.Weightlifting Bird举重的鸟
What bird can lift the heaviest weight? (crane)
33.The Longest Word in the English What is the longest word in the English language? (Smiles.There is a mile between the first letter and the last letter.)
34.Name 1.What do you call a fish with no eyes? 2.What do you call a deer with no eyes? 3.What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs? (1.fsh
2.No idea.
3.Still no diea.
35.What word? There is a common English word that in nine letters long.Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word----- from nine letters right down to single letter.What is the original word and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? (The base word is Startling—starting --- staring---- string--- sting ---sing---- sin----in---I.
36.20 and 22 Why is 2 times 10 the same as 2 times 11? (乘以) (Because 2 times 10 is twenty and 2 times 11 is twenty-two.(twenty, too.)
37.A Word of Three Letters I know a word of three letters, add two and fewer there will be? (fewer)
38.Family Sport Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon.The oldest one is fat the short; And trudges slowly on; The middle brother’s tall and slim; And keeps a steady pace; The youngest runs just like the wind; Speeding through the race.“He’s young in years, we let him run,” The other brothers say, “Cause though he’s surely number one.He’s second, in a way.” Why? (The hands on a clock hour, minute, and second.)
39.Below the Shining Moon 沐浴在月光之下
Down below the shining moon.Around the trees, a sacred gloom, Running with the midnight sky, Knowing the thing that makes you cry, Night is full with my eence, Eternal light betrays my presence, Soaring through my endle task, Shadows are my faithful mask, Who am I ? 我沐浴在月光之下，
一种神圣的阴霾的笼罩着树林， 我与午夜的天空赛跑， 我知道让你哭喊的事物， 黑夜中，我无处不在，
而永久的光明忽视了我的存在， 我在没有尽头的任务中翱翔，
影子是我忠实的面具， 你能猜到我是什么吗？ （darkne）
40.Never Get Me Back I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still, I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.You look at me often and yet you always forget me, I am the most feared killer, yet you can’t live without me.Sometimes you have me for all to spare, Yet when you need me, I am not there.You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track, But once you’re done you can never get me back.Who am I? 当你想要我停留的时候，我静静地飞快流逝； 如果你想把我填满，我走得又很缓慢二谨慎。 你经常看见我，却有总是忘记我。
我是最恐怖的杀手，但是你不能没有我。 有时你有了我，就省掉一切，
但是你需要我的时候，我却不在你的身边。
你可以把我浪费，也可以对我倍加珍惜，这是你的选择。 但是你放弃了我，就再也无法把我找回。 猜一猜，我究竟是谁呢？ （Time）
41.I am Slim and Tall I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing.很有吸引力
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.虚幻的美妙感觉 Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.For many I am “to die for”.他们会为我献身 What am i? (cigarette)
42.Some Houses There was a green house, Inside the green house there was a white house, Inside the red house there was a red house, Inside the red house there were lots of babies.What am I ?
(A watermelon)
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