Archive for the ‘riddles’ Category
Chinese Character (猜字谜)
★、山上还有山(出)
★、一个礼拜。(旨)
★、一人一张口,下面长只手。(拿)
★、一人在内。(肉)
★、一人腰上挂把弓。(夷)
★、一加一。(王)
★、一口吃掉牛尾巴。(告)
★、一口咬定。(交)
★、一只牛。(生)
★、一只狗,两个口,谁遇它谁发愁。(哭)
★、一只狗四个口。(器)
★、一只黑狗,不叫不吼(默)
★、一夜又一夜。(多)
★、一大二小。(奈)
★、一字十三点,难在如何点。(汁)
★、一家十一口。(吉)
★、一斗米。(料)
★、一月一日非今天。(明)
★、一月七日。(脂)
★、一点水准。(淮)
★、一百减一。(白)
★、一边是红,一边是绿,一边怕风,一边怕雨。(秋)
★、七人头上长了草。(花)
★、七十二小时。(晶)
★、三口重叠,莫把品字猜。(目)
★、三张纸。(顺)
★、上下串通、上下难分。(卡)
★、不要讲话。(吻)
★、九只鸟。(鸠)
★、九号。(旭)
★、九点。(丸)
★、九辆车。(轨)
★、互吻。(吕)
★、五十对耳朵。(陌)
★、五口之家,旁种一树。(梧)
★、人不在其位。(立)
★、人无信不立。(言)
★、人有他则变大。(一)
★、付出爱心。(受)
★、休要丢人现眼。(相)
★、兄有债。(歌)
★、八十八。(米)
★、公而忘私。(八)
★、六十不足,八十有余。(平)
★、刀出鞘。(力)
★、十一个读书人。(仕)
★、十个哥哥。(克)
★、十二点。(斗)
★、十张口,一颗心(思)
★、十日十月(武昌起义)。(朝)
★、千里丢一,百里丢一。(伯)
★、半个人。(伴)
★、半个月亮。(胖)
★、半真半假。(值)
★、半青半紫。(素)
★、反比。(北)
★、古时候的月亮。(胡)
★、四面都是山,山山都相连。(田)
★、多一半。(夕)
★、大丈夫不得出头。(天)
★、天上无二,合去一口,家家都有。(人)
★、天天。(晦)
★、太阳西边下,月儿东边挂。(明)
★、夫人何处去。(二)
★、如箭在弦。(引)
★、存心不让出大门,你说烦人不烦人。(闷)
★、守门员。(闪)
★、家中添一口。(豪)
★、小姑娘。(妙)
★、山上复山。(出)
★、左有十八,右有十八,二四得八,一八得八。(樊)
★、差一点六斤。(兵)
★、心如刀刺。(必)
★、手提包。(抱)
★、打断念头。(心)
★、文武两全。(斌)
★、日复一日。(昌)
★、旭日东升。(九)
★、有两个动物,一个在水里,一个在山上。(鲜)
★、有人偷车。(输)
★、有心得志。(士)
★、有目共睹。(者)
★、格外大方。(回)
★、正字少一横,不作止字猜。(步)
★、水上工程。(汞)
★、点点成金(全)
★、田中。(十)
★、皇帝新衣。(袭)
★、种花要除草,一人来一刀。(化)
★、综合门市。(闹)
★、自小在一起,目前少联系。(省)
★、说它小,下边大,说它大,上边小。(尖)
★、身残心不残。(息)
★、雨落在横山上。(雪)
★、雷不雨。(田)
★、需要一半,留下一半。(雷)
山东琴书
Battle Of Brains
Some lines (see ) from Reservation Road (2007)
★ What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover?
带着四叶苜蓿穿越毒藤时,你会得到什么呢?
¤ A rash of good luck. (幸运皮疹)
★ What do you call a deer with no eyes? (什么是没有知识的“路”?)
¤ No i-deer. (不知“道”。)
★ What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
(什么是没有知识、不走正道?)
¤ Still no i-deer. (偏偏不知道)
★ If a man speaks in the middle of the forest with no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
(如果一个男人在森林中央发表演讲又没有女人做听众,他还是错的吗?)
★ If con is the opposite of pro, then what is the opposite of progress?
(如果“正”和“反”相对,那么“反腐”的对象是什么?)
¤ Congress! (政府)
More hard questions in life:
◆ If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
◆ Is a second hand on a clock the second, or actually the third?
◆ Is there another word for synonym?
◆ Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do practice?”
◆ What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
◆ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
◆ Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
◆ Why do you need a driver’s license to buy liquor when you can’t drink and drive?
◆ Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations where smoking is prohibited?
◆ If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
◆ If you are driving at the speed of light and turn on your headlights, what happens?
◆ Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
◆ Why is it that when you transport something by a car it is called a shipment, and when you transport something by ship it is called cargo?
◆ Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
◆ If fire fighters fight fires, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?
◆ If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
◆ How can you get four suits for a dollar? –Buy a deck of cards.
◆ How do we know the Indians were the first people in North America? –They had reservations.
◆ What can you hold without ever touching it? –A conversation.
◆ What clothes does a house wear? –Address.
◆ What did the rug say to the floor? –Don’t move, I’ve got you covered.
◆ What do bees do with their honey? –They cell it.
◆ Why were the teacher’s eyes crossed? –She couldn’t control her pupils.
◆ What do you do when your chair breaks? –Call a chairman.
◆ What has a lot of keys but can not open any doors? –A piano.
◆ What has one horn and gives milk? –A milk truck.
◆ What is a tree’s favorite drink? –Root beer.
◆ Where did the farmer take the pigs on Saturday afternoon? –He took them to a pignic.
◆ Why did the doughnut shop close? –The owner got tired of the (w)hole business!
More Riddles
Q: Four legs and a foot but cannot walk, With head without mouth cannot talk (四腿一脚不能走,有头无口不能言) A: Bed (床). Q: What has mouth but cannot talk, and has bed but cannot sleep? (有口不能言,有床不能睡) A: River (河) Q: Why did a student take a ladder to school? A: Because he/she was going to high school! Q: Why did the tomato blush? A: Because she saw the salad dressing! Q: How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? A: One. Because after eating one apple your stomach isn't empty. Q: What are the two strongest days of the week? A: They are Saturday and Sunday. All the others are weak (week) days. Q: Which is faster, heat or cold? A: Heat, because you can catch a cold. Q: Which horses have six legs? A: All horses have forelegs (four legs) in front and two in back. Q: What do you drop when you need it and take back when you don't? A: Anchor. Q. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty? A: Blackboard. Q: What has teeth but can't eat? A: Comb. Q: Which candle burns longer: a black one or a white one? A: Neither. They both burn shorter. Q: Name five days of the week without Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday? A: The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. Q: What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks? A: A river. Q: Which eight-letter word has one letter in it? A: Envelope. Q: What is the center of gravity? A: Letter V. Q: What is Black and white and read (red) all over? A: A newspaper. Q: Why is number six afraid ? A: Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine) Q: What did zero say to eight? A: Nice belt. Q: What appears once in every minute, twice in every moment, but not once in thousand years? A: M Q: Which is the left side of a cake? A: The side has not been eaten. Q: Why is a river rich? A: Because it has two banks. Q: What is you ought to keep but also give it away? A: A promise. Q: Where can you never tell the truth? A: When you are lying anywhere. Q: Why is a room full of married couples empty? A: Because there is not a single man in the room. Q: What table has no leg? A: A timetable or vegetable. Q: Why are people close to their mothers instead of their fathers? A: Because the father is always farther (father). Q: What question can never get answer "YES."? A: Are you asleep? Q: What is the beginning of everything, also the end of life? A: E Q: My tail is long, my coat is brown; I like the country, I like the town. I can live in a house or live in a shed; And I come out to play when you are in bed. A: Mouse Q: I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers, To aid my flight. A: Bat. Q: What kind of apple isn't an apple? A: Pineapple Q: What force and strength cannot get through, I, with a gentle touch, can do; And many in the street would stand, Were I not, as a friend, at hand. A: Key. Q: What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its root upwards? A: Icicle Q: I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, Wingless I fly into the sky. Who can tell who am I? A: Kite. Q: What makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven? A: Smoke. Q: Two brothers we are, great burden we bear By which we are bitterly pressed; In truth we may say, we are full all the day, But empty when we go to rest. A: Shoes. Q: 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. A: Doll. Q: At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. A: Star. Q: The greater it is, the less you see of it. A: Darkness. Q: I come out of the earth and sold in the market. Who buys me cuts my tail and takes off my suit of silk, And weeps beside me when I am dead. A: Onion. Q: Look in my face, I am somebody; Look in my back, I am nobody. A: Mirror. Q: The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. A: E. Q: I open wide and tight I shut, Sharp am I and paper cut Fingers too, so do take care, I'm good and bad, so best beware. A: Scissors Q: What is it that is bought by the yard but worn by the foot? A: Carpet. Q: What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T? A: Teapot. Q: What word of only three syllables contains twenty-six letters? A: Alphabet. Q: How to put three sixes together so as to make seven? A: 6+6/6 Q: Why is the letter "A" like noon? A: Because it's in the middle of the day. Q. Why was the hearse horse hoarse? A. Because of the coffin. Q: Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter? A: Because it's too far to walk there. Q: What gets wetter as it dries? A: A towel. 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. 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 throw his watch out of the window? A: He wanted to see time fly. Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe? A: He wanted to save time. Q: How do you spell mousetrap? A: C-A-T. Q: What do tigers have that no other animals have? A: Baby tigers. Q: Why is number six afraid ? A: Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine) Q: What did zero say to eight? A: Nice belt. Q: What is the difference between the capital of Russia and a calf's mother? A: One is Moscow, the other is a cow's Ma. Q: What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car? A: Carlos. Q: What's the difference between electricity and lightening? A: You don't have to pay for lightening. Q: What do you call a witch at the beach? A: A sandwich. Q: Why did the traffic signal turn red? A: You would too if you had to change in the middle of the street. Q: Why are baseball stadiums so cool? A: There is a fan in every seat.
黑不是白不是红黄更不是和狐狸猫狗彷佛既非家畜又非野兽
诗也有词也有论语上也有对南北东西模糊虽是短品却是妙文