English Brainteaser riddle, oral English teaching plan 英语口语备课__精品.docVIP

1 You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? A Corn. What can you catch but not throw? A Cold Whats black and white and red all over? Newspaper. What goes around the world but stays in a corner? Stamp. Give me leaves, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? You use a knife to slice my head and weep（哭） beside me when I am dead. What am I? Onion I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and Ill make it lighter. What am I? A hole. At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? Stars dreams. What stinks while living but in death smells good? A pig. Weight in my belly,Trees on my back,Nails(指甲, 钉) in my ribs,Feet do I lack.What am I? A ship.Question:??How many months have 30 days?Answer:??11 months (all of them except February) 2. Question:??One day a snail fell into a hole that was 19 meters deep. Each day he climbed up 4m. At night, he slid down 2 m. How many days did it take him to climb out of the hole? Answer:??9 days 3 Marys father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter? Mary 5 You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?? Second 6 If you overtake the last person, then you are...?? You can’t overtake the last person 7. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.? 8 Three large people try to crowd under one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible? The sun is shining; theres no rain. 9 A farmer had nine sheep, and all but seven died. How many did he have left? 7 10 A certain five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word? Short 11 A woman gave birth to two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year but were not twins. How is thi