英语谜语(二十)
191
What is the difference between twice twenty-two and twice two and -twenty?
192
When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?
193
What amount of money can be divided fifty-fifty between two persons, giving one person a hundred times more than the other?
194
The first part of an odd number is removed and it becomes even. What number is it?
195
Sisters and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who am I looking at?
196
Suppose there was a cat in each corner of the room; a cat sitting opposite each cat, a cat looking at each cat, and a cat sitting on each cat's tail. How many cats would there be?
197
Which can move faster, heat or cold?
198
Which is correct: The white of the eggs is yellow, or the white of the eggs are yellow?
199
Which has more legs—a horse or no horse?
200
Which candles burn longer—wax candles or tallow candles?
Answers:
191. The first is 44, and the second is 24.
192. When they make 22.
193. Fifty dollars and fifty cents.
194. (S)even
195. My own son
196. Four. Each cat was sitting on its own tail.
197. Heat, because you can catch cold.
198. Neither. The whites are never yellow.
199. No horse. No horse has five or more legs. A horse has just four legs.
200. Neither. They both burn shorter.