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English Puzzles (with Answers)
En glish Puzzles
:
1.
A father and his son were in a car accident. The father died. The
son was take n 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 on e's son.
3.
A hungry don key was tied to a rope eight feet long. About thirty
feet away there was a basket of fresh carrots. The don key wan ted
to eat those carrots. Howdid he reach them?
4.
A man jumped from a pla ne, 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 dow n a one
-way street, but paid no atte nti on to him. Why?
8.
A very pretty thi ng am I, Flutteri ng in the pale-blue sky. Delicate,
fragile on the wi ng, I ndeed I am a pretty thi ng.
9.
A: Howmany apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? B: 4
or 5.
10.
Add half a score to no thi ng and what ani mal does it make?
11.
Add two figures to 19 and make it less tha n 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 whe n I drink I die.
14.
At ni ght they come without being fetched, And by day
they are lost without being stole n.
15.
Can you n ame five days of the week without say ing:
Mon day, Tuesday, Wedn esday, Thursday, Friday?
16.
Can you n ame the captital of every state in the U S
in ten sec on ds?
17.
Come up and let us go; Go dow n and here we stay.
18.
Do you know why birds fly to south in the win ter?
19.
Eight were standing Twowere cracking Two were looking.
20.
Four fin gers 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
rema ins 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 myeye White horses are
graz ing.
Isn't that amaz ing?
26.
Howcan you be completely sleepless for seven days and still
lack no rest?
27.
How can you leave the room with two legs and retur n 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 cutt ing or wi nding it?
32.
How could you fall off a twen ty-foot ladder and not get hurt?
33.
Howdid the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes
cop in
his woma n's disguise?
34.
How do you feel today?
35.
How do you know policeme n are str ong?
36.
Howdo 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 san dwiches can you eat on an empty
stomach?
41.
How many feet are in a yard?
42.
How many mon ths 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 sta nd, but I n ever walk. What am I?
47.
I comeout 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 whe n I am dead.
48.
I daily am in France and Spain, At times do all the
world explore, Since time bega n I've held my reig n, And shall till
time will be no more.
I n ever in my life
have strolled In garde n, 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
amnot a tree, I have pages, but I amnot a bride or royalty;
I have a spine and hin ges, but I am not a man or a door,
I have told you all, I cannot tell you more
51.1 have seve n letters. The first two sta nd for a boy.
The first three stand for a girl. The first four stand for a brave boy.
52.
I love to dance And twist and pranee, I shake mytail,
As away I sail, Win gless I fly Into the sky.
What am
I?
53.
I move silently without wings, Between silvery,
silken
1
strings And there stretched in the grass You'll see my web as you
pass.
54.
I open wide and tight I shut, Sharp am I and paper cut
—
Fin
gers too, so do take care, I'm good and bad, so best
beware.
55.
I run smoother than any rhyme, 1 love to fall but cannot climb. I
tremble at each breath of air, And yet can heaviest burde ns bear.
56.
I saw a man in white, He looked quite a sight.
He
was not old, But he stood in the cold. And whenhe felt the sun He
started to run. Who could he be? Do an swer me.
57.
I sleep by day, I fly by ni ght. I have no feathers.
To aid my flight.
58.
I un wrapped a lump of sugar and put it in my coffee.
The sugar did n't get wet. Why?
59.
If a band plays in a thunderstorm, who is most likely to get hit by
lighte ning?
60.
If it takes three and a half min utes to boil one egg,
how long does it take to boil four eggs?
61.
If three birds are sitt ing on a fence and you shoot
and kill one of them, how many will be left?
62.
If two's compa ny and three's crowd, what's four and five?
63.
If you add a syllable to a certa in word it becomes
shorter.
What is the word?
64.
If you are doing a discussi on about space, the n
stude nts will like this one. Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer
space?
65.
If you throw a stone into the Red Sea, what will it become?
66.
If you were to throw a white stone into the Red Sea,
what would it become?
67.
If your un cle's sister is not your aunt, just what
relati on is she to you?
68.
If you're in a race and you overtake the person in 2nd place
what positi on are you in?
69.
I'm a busy active creature, Full of mirth and play by
n ature; Nimbly I skip from tree to tree, To get the food
that's fit for me; Then let me hear, if you can tell, What is my n ame
and where I dwell.
70.
I'm very tempti ng, so it's said, I have a shi ny coat of red, And
myflesh is white beneath. I smell so sweet, Taste good to eat, And
help to guard your teeth.
71.
In a train, a womansaw other peoples' faces were dirty. What
would she do, do you know?
72.
In marble walls as white as milk Li ned with a ski n as
soft as silk, Withi n a fountain crystal clear A golde n apple does
appear.
No doors there are to this
stro nghold
—
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
73.
In spri ng I am gay In han dsome array; In summer more clothi
ng I wear; When colder it grows I fli ng off my clothes; And in win ter
quite n aked appear.
74.
It has four legs and a foot. And can't walk. It has
a bead.A nd can't talk.
75.
Its belly is linen Its neck velvet Its mouth music Its tail a fork.
76.
Long legs Short thighs Bald head And bullet eyes.
77.
Lo ng pole, bushy tail.
What is it?
78.
Look in my face, I am somebody; Look in my back, I am no
body.
79.
Lucky Mousefell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt. Why?
80.
Mary had a big dog, and I had a smaller one. One day,
the two dogs raced to see which ran faster. The dogs were soon
tired out. Fin ally, my dog won the 10-mile race. Now which dog had
more sweat on its body?
81.
More eyes have I tha n I do n eed for sight, A cry have
I that is both sharp and clear, A tail have I more fit for show tha n
flight, Admired am I wherever I appear,
82.
Mother and father, sister and brother, AH running
after one another Each pair running behind the other, Bet they'll n
ever catch each other.
83.
Mrs. Smith has nine children,
half of them are girls.
How can this be true?
84.
Myears are long, and short my tail. If you try to catch me you will
fail.
85.
My face is pale, and full and fair; And round it beauty spots there
are; By day, in deed, I seem less bright, I'm
only see n sometimes at ni ght. And whe n the sun has gone to bed.
I the n begi n to show my head.
86.
My first letter is in chocolate but not in ham, My
sec ond is in cake and also in jam, My third at tea-time
is easily found, My whole is a pet who's often around. What am I?
87.
My first letter is in fish and also in chips, Mysecond is in mouth
but not in lips, My third is in ache but not
in pain, My fourth is my third all over aga in, My fifth is in pupil but
isn't in class, My whole is a beast that feeds on the grass..
88.
My first letter is in football but
isn't in shoot, My
sec ond is in treasure but isn't in loot. My fourth is in
swallow and so is my third, My whole on a Sun day is far and wide
heard.
89.
My first letter is in window but not in pane. My second is in road
but not in lane. My third is in oval but not
in round. My fourth is heari ng but not in sou nd. My whole is known
as a sign of peace, And from Noah's Ark won quick release.
90.
My first letter is in wood but isn't in trip, My second
is in four and also in three, My third is in music and also in tune, My
fourth is in May but isn't in June.
My
whole makes a noise You can hear down the street. What am I?
91.
My first letter is twice in apple But not once in
tart.
My sec ond is in liver But n ot in heart.
My
third is in gia nt And also in ghost.
Whole I'm best
2
when t am roast.
92.
My first part is a woma n, My sec ond part a bird, My whole is an
112.
There was a little gree n house; And in the little gree n house
There was a little brow n house; And in the little brow n house There
in sect I give you my word.
93.
Mysecond is performed by myfirst} And, it is thought, A thief by
the marks of my whole Might be caught.
94.
My tail is long, my coat is brown, I like the country,
I like the tow n. I can live in a house or live in a shed,
And I come out to play whe n you are in bed.
95.
My teeth are sharp, My back is straight, To cut things
up it is my fate.
What am I?
96.
My voice is ten der My waist is sle nder I'm ofte n
invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow Or else I have
nothing to say.
97.
Old Mister Puddididdle Played in the muddy puddle; He
had yellow socks and shoes And a cap of gree ns and blues, He was
ofte n in a muddle.
Now guess the riddle.
98.
Old Mother Twitchett has but o ne eye, And a long
tail
which she can let fly, And every time she goes over a gap
She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap.
99.
On what day of a year do soldiers start wars in history?
100.
See if you can put three sixes together so as to make seve n
101.
Sisters and brothers have I none, but that man's
father is my father's son. Who am I look ing at?
102.
Suppose there was a cat in each cor ner of the room;
a cat sitting opposite each cat, a cat looking at each cat, and a cat
sitt ing
on each cat's tail. How many cats would
there be?
103.
The beg inning of eter ni ty,
The end of time and space;
The begi nning of every end, And the end of every place.
104.
The farmers in this village used moder n methods but
harvested no apples this year , why?
105.
The first part of an odd n umber is removed and it becomes
eve n. What n umber is it?
106.
The greater it is The less you see of it.
107.
The injured dog had somedifficulty going home. Every step he
took, he slipped back two. However, he still
managedto get home. Howdid he do it? If you throw a stone into the
Red Sea, what will it become?
108.
The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?
109.
The pers on who buys this thi ng does n't use it, and the pers
on who uses it can't see is this thi ng?
110.
There is a guy who is trapped. Bey ond each of three
rooms lies freedom. Which room should he choose? Room 1
is en gulfed in flames. Room 2 has a firi ng squad in side
and room 3 is full of li ons who have not eate n for three
years.
111.
There is a thing that no thi ng is, And yet it has a
name; It's
sometimes tall And sometimes short, It tumbles
if we fall.
It joins our sport, And plays at every game.
was a little yellow house; And
in the little yellow house There was a little white house; And in the
little white house There was a little white
heart.
113.
There were some twins. One was twenty, the other was twe
nty 2. One married the other. How can be this?
114.
There's a man who was previously a den tist and got
fired. So he made a living
by buying eggs for 10 cents and
the n pain ti ng them and selli ng them for 2 cen ts. After a
year he was a milli on aire. How is this possible?
115.
This one should be spoken. How manylegs does an ant have?
116.
To cross the water I'm the way, For water rm above;
I touch it not and, truth to say I n either swim nor move.
117.
Two brothers we are, great burde n we bear By which
we are bitterly pressed; In truth we may say,
we are full
all the day, But empty whe n we go to rest.
118.
Violet, in digo, blue and gree n, Yellow, orange and
red, These are the colours you have see n After the storm has fled.
119.
We are a pair, We can dart here and there, Though we
always stay in one place. We can smile or shed tears, Show our
pleasure or fears, And you'll find us on
every on e's face.
120.
What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?
121.
What always goes to bed with his shoes on?
122.
What always has one eye ope n but can't see?
123.
What amou nt of money can be divided fifty-fifty
betwee n two pers ons, giv ing one pers on a hun dred times more
tha n the other?
124.
What ani mal can jump as high as a tree?
125.
What appears once in every min ute, twice in every
mome nt, but not once in thousa nd years?
126.
What are the 3 importa nt rings in life?
127.
What are the two stro ngest days of the week?
128.
What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
129.
What begi ns with T, en ds with T and has T in it?
130.
What belongs only to you and yet is used more by others tha n
by yourself?
131.
What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand?
132.
What can you swallow tha n can also swallow you?
133.
What can you tell from Peter's record card with extremely poor
grades?
134.
What ca n't be used until it's broke n?
135.
What did number 1 say to 7?
136.
What did zero say to eight?
137.
What do most garde ners not like to grow?
138.
What do tigers have that no other ani mals have?
139.
What do you call a bear without an ear?
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140.
What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car?
141.
What do you call a witch at the beach?
142.
What do you drop whe n you n eed it and take back whe n you
don't?
143.
What does everybody do at the same time?
144.
What falls ofte n but never gts hurt?
145.
What figure in creases its value by on e-half whe n tur ned
upside dow n?
146.
What flares up And does a lot of good, And whe n it
dies, It's just a piece of wood?
147.
What force and stre ngth cannot get through, I, with
a gentle touch, can do; And manyin the street would stand, Were I
not, as a frie nd, at hand.
148.
What fraction, if you turn it upside down, will have exactly the
samevalue as before you turned it upside down?
149.
What gets wetter as it dries?
150.
What goes all over the house, but touches nothing?
151.
What goes arou nd in circles and makes kids happy?
152.
What goes over the fields all day, and sits in the cupboard all ni
ght?
153.
What goes up but does not come dow n?
154.
What has a bottom at the top?
155.
What has a neck, but no head?
156.
What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never
speaks?
157.
What has black spots and a white face, Is fat not thin, and
helps you to win, But tumbles all over the place?
158.
What has hands but no feet, a face but no eyes, tells but does
not talk?
159.
What has many teeth but n ever uses them for eati ng?
160.
What has six legs, two heads, Four ears, two han ds,
But walks on four feet?
161.
What has two heads, four eyes, six legs and a tail?
162.
What is as big as a horse but does n't weigh an yth ing?
163.
What is Black and white and read red all over?
164.
What is black whe n it is clea n and white whe n it is
dirty?
165.
What is four feet on four feet waiting for four feet?
166.
What is full of holes and holds water;
167.
What is it that everybody gives but few lake?
168.
What is it that every one wants to have and get rid
of too?
169.
What is it that found in the every center of America and
Australia?
170.
What is it that has eyes but ca n't see?
171.
What is it that has four legs And one back, Yet can't walk?
172.
What is it that is bought by the yard but worn by the foot?
173.
What is it that leaps and runs and has no feet?
174.
What is it that passes in front of the sun yet casts
no shadow?
175.
What is it, which will tomorrow and was be yesterday?
176.
What is it:Has a mouth and does not speak, Has a bed and
does not sleep?
177.
What is it? It stands on one leg. With its heart in
its head.
178.
What is it? That makes tears without sorrow And takes its jour
ney to heave n?
179.
What is it? The more you take from it, The larger it
gets,
180.
What is pronoun ced like one letter, writte n with
three letters, and bel ongs to all ani mals?
181.
What is smaller tha n an in sect's mouth?
182.
What is that which has a mouth, but never speaks, and a bed,
but n ever sleeps in it?
183.
What is that which has no leg but a body and a long neck?
184.
What is that you ought to keep after you give it to somebody
else?
185.
What is the beg inning of everyth ing, also the end of life?
186.
What is the cen ter of gravity?
187.
What is the differe nee between 100 and 1,000?
188.
What is the differenee
between the capital of Russia
and a calf's mother?
189.
What is the differe nee betwee n twice twen ty-two and twice
two and -twe nty?
190.
What is the hardest thi ng about lear ning to ride a bicycle?
191.
What is the thi ng which Once poured out, Cannot be gathered
aga in?
192.
What kind of apple isn't an apple?
193.
What kind of dog n ever can bite and bark?
194.
What kind of mancan raise things without lifting them?
195.
What kind of ship cannot sail?
196.
What letter can do the work in one day that you can
do in two days?
197.
What letter is a body of water?
198.
What letter is a questi on?
199.
What letter is an an imal?
200.
What letter of the alphabet has got lots of water?
201.
What letter of the alphabet is always waiting in order?
202.
What lives in win ter, Dies in summer, And grows with its root
upwards?
203.
What man can not live in side a house?
204.
What match can't be put in a match box?
205.
What must you do before you retur n a book to the library?
206.
What n ever asks questi ons but always gets an swers?
207.
What number gets bigger when you turn it upside down?
208.
What part of Lon don is in Brazil?
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209.
What part of your body disappears when you stand up?
210.
What pers on does every man take his hat off to?
211.
What pers on tries to make others smile most of the
time?
212.
What questi on can n ever get an swer YES.?
213.
What resembles half a pie?
214.
What runs rou nd the garde n without moving?
215.
What seas on is the most dan gerous one?
216.
What State in the United States is High in the middle and
round at the en ds?
217.
What table has no leg?
218.
What tables grow in the fields?
219.
What two n umbers multiplied together will give you
seve n';'
220.
What two things can't you have for breakfast?
221.
What two word have thousa nds of letters in them?
222.
What walks arou nd all day and lies un der the bed at ni ght
with its ton gue hanging out?
223.
What word begi ns with T , ends with T , and is full
of T?
224.
Whatword of only three syllables contains twenty-six letters?
225.
What would you say if you saw a ghost
鬼
?
226.
What's the differe nee betwee n a lion with toothache
and a wet day?
227.
What's the differe nee betwee n a mon key and a flea
跳蚤
?
228.
What's the differe nee betwee n a TEACHER and a
CONDUCTOR?
229.
What's the differe nee betwee n electricity and
lighte ning?
230.
What's too much for me, just right for two, but
nothing at all for three?
231.
WhenColumbus discovered America, where did he stand?
232.
When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
233.
When do people have two mouth?
234.
When is it correct to say I is?
235.
When is your un cle's sister not your aunt?
236.
When the boy fell into the water, what's the first
thi ng he did?
237.
When will a net hold water?
238.
Where can you easily put your right hand, but can
n ever put your left hand?
239.
Where can you never tell the truth?
240.
Wheredid the egg floating
down the Mississippi River
come from?
241.
Where does a person stay for the longest time in his life?
242.
Where does after noon always come before morni ng?
243.
Where is the ocea n the deepest?
244.
Where should the milk be best stored?
245.
Where was the Declarati on of In depe ndence sig ned?
246.
Which America n man has had the largest family?
247.
Which can move faster, heat or cold?
248.
Which can dle bur ns lon ger:a black one or a white one?
249.
Which can dles burn lon ger
—
wax can dles or tallow
can dles?
250.
Which eight-letter word has one letter in it?
251.
Which has more legs
—
a horse or no horse?
252.
Which horses have six legs?
253.
Which is correct: The white of the eggs is yellow,
or the white of the eggs are yellow?
254.
Which is faster, heat or cold?
255.
Which is the left side of a cake?
256.
Which is the most self-ce ntered letter of the
alphabet?
257.
Which letter is always tryi ng to find reas ons?
258.
Which letter is n ot me?
259.
Which letter is very useful to a deaf woma n?
260.
Which letter of the alphabet separates Europe from Africa?
261.
Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
have in com mon?
262.
Which mon th has 28 days?
263.
Which moves faster, heat or cold? / Which moves
faster , heat or cold?
264.
Which part of Lon don is in Fra nee?
265.
Which room has no doors, no win dows.
266.
Which runs faster, heat or cold? Why?
267.
Which three letters can frighte n a thief away?
268.
Who is he that runs without a leg With his house on
his back?
269.
Whois n't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of
your mother and father?
270.
Whoworks only one day in a year but never gets fired?
271.
Why are baseball stadiums so cool?
272.
Why are girls afraid of the letter C?
273.
Why are man with pierced ears better suited for marriage?
274.
Whyare people close to their mothers in stead of their fathers?
275.
Why are the letter G and letter S in gloves close to
each other?
276.
Why can't a woma n who lives in South Caroli na be buried in
Michiga n?
277.
Why can't it rain for two days con ti nually?
278.
Why did an old lady throw butter out of her win dow?
279.
Why did Joh n say he did n't know where the sun was?
280.
Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
281.
Whydid the man throw a bucket of water out the win dow?
282.
Why did the man throw his watch out of the win dow?
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