英语谜语集锦

　　英语谜语大全

　　1、What is wind?

　　【谜底：Air in a hurry】

　　2、What's a skeleton?

　　【谜底：It's a lot of bones without the person on them!】

　　3、Which letter is a drink?

　　【谜底：T（tea）】

　　4、What table is in the field?

　　【谜底：vegetable】

　　5、Which letter is an animal?

　　【谜底：B（bee）】

　　6、What is an astronomer?

　　【谜底：A nigh watchman with a college education.】

　　7、Which letter is a question?

　　【谜底：Y（why）】

　　8、What always travels on foot?

　　【谜底：A shoe】

　　9、What has teeth but cannot eat?

　　【谜底：A comb】

　　10、What kind of dog never bite?

　　【谜底：A hot dog】

　　11、Where can milk be best stored?

　　【谜底：In a cow】

　　12、Which letter is around an island?

　　【谜底：C（sea）】

　　13、What is dark but made by light?

　　【谜底：A shadow】

　　14、Which letter is a part of your face?

　　【谜底：I（eye）】

　　15、What wears a cap but has no head?

　　【谜底：A bottle】

　　16、How many letters are in the alphabet?

　　【谜底：eight】

　　17、What is never used until it's broken?

　　【谜底：An egg】

　　18、Which letter is a kind of vegetable?

　　【谜底：P（pea）】

　　19、What is the biggest ant in the world?

　　【谜底：an elephant】

　　20、What is in the middle of the world?

　　【谜底：the letter “r”】

　　21、Where can happiness always be found?

　　【谜底：In the dictionary】

　　22、What comes after the letter “A”？

　　【谜底：All the other letters】

　　23、What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

　　【谜底：It never eats.】

　　24、How many sides does a house have?

　　【谜底：Two-inside and outside.】

　　25、What is the smallest room in the world?

　　【谜底：mushroom】

　　26、Why don't you advertise for your lost dog?

　　【谜底：He can't read.】

　　27、What is smaller than an insect's mouth?

　　【谜底：Anything it eats.】

　　28、When do you go as fast as a racing car?

　　【谜底：When you are in it.】

　　29、What do workers do in a clock factory?

　　【谜底：They make faces all day.】

　　30、What can you break with only one word?

　　【谜底：Silence】

　　31、What question can you never answer “yes”。

　　【谜底：Are you asleep】

　　32、What is the best thing to keep in hot weather?

　　【谜底：Cool】

　　33、What do you know about the kings of France?

　　【谜底：They are all dead】

　　34、What rises in the morning and waves all day?

　　【谜底：A flag】

　　35、I am the tallest animal in the world.What am I?

　　【谜底：a giraffe】

　　36、What word can you make shorter by adding to it?

　　【谜底：Short】

　　37、How many great men have been born in London?

　　【谜底：None. Only babies.】

　　38、Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington?

　　【谜底：Because he's dead.】

　　39、What's the hardest thing about learning skating?

　　【谜底：The ice】

　　40、What person does every man take his hat off to?

　　【谜底：A barber】

　　41、What is higher without a head than with a head?

　　【谜底：A pillow】

　　42、I fly, but I have no wings.I cry, but I have no eyes.

　　【谜底：cloud】

　　43、What can you swallow that can also swallow you?

　　【谜底：Water】

　　44、What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

　　【谜底：stamp】

　　45、What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

　　【谜底：Teapot.】

　　46、The greater it is, the less it can be seen. What is it?

　　【谜底：Darkness】

　　47、What do you call your father's father's only son?

　　【谜底：father/daddy】

　　48、What two words have thousands of letters in them?

　　【谜底：Post office】

　　49、What large instrument do you carry in your ears?

　　【谜底：Drums, that is eardrums.】

　　50、On which side does a bird have the most feathers?

　　【谜底：The outside.】

　　51、What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?

　　【谜底：blackboard】

　　52、What person tried to make you smile most of the time?

　　【谜底：A photographer.】

　　53、What kind of man can raise things without lifting them?

　　【谜底：A farmer.】

　　54、I am small I can fly I like singing in the sky.What am I?

　　【谜底：a bird】

　　55、Teachers write on me with chalk I can't talk.What am I?

　　【谜底：a blackboard】

　　56、The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?

　　【谜底：A hole.】

　　57、What never asks any questions but always gets answers?

　　【谜底：A doorbell】

　　58、Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America?

　　【谜底：On his feet.】

　　59、What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?

　　【谜底：Sixty.】

　　60、Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life?

　　【谜底：A priest.】

　　61、What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law?

　　【谜底：mom】

　　62、What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out?

　　【谜底：The light.】

　　63、I live in the sea.I am the biggest animal in the sea.What am I?

　　【谜底：the whale】

　　64、What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors?

　　【谜底：A mushroom.】

　　65、What is big and bright during the day and we can't see it at night?

　　【谜底：the sun】

　　66、Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die.What am I?

　　【谜底：fire】

　　67、Why does time fly?

　　【谜底：To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.】

　　68、Which can move faster, heat or cold?

　　【谜底：Heat, because you can catch cold easily.】

　　69、Why do some old people never use glasses?

　　【谜底：They must prefer bottles to glasses.】

　　70、Why is writing called handwriting?

　　【谜底：If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it foot writing.】

　　71、Which is the longest English word? Why?

　　【谜底：smiles （There's a mile between the first and the last letter.）】

　　72、How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?

　　【谜底：Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.】

　　73、Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school?

　　【谜底：Because he wants to go to high school.】

　　74、What surprising things happen every 24 hours?

　　【谜底：Day breaks, but doesn't fall; night falls, but doesn't break.】

　　75、What animal eats and drinks with its tail?

　　【谜底：All do. No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.】

　　76、What's the difference between a hill and a pill?

　　【谜底：A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.】

　　77、What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man?

　　【谜底：It's nice not to see you again.】

　　78、Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?

　　【谜底：Because it can't sit down.】

　　79、What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?

　　【谜底：The temperature.】

　　80、I am very big and heavy I have a long nose and big ears.What am I ?

　　【谜底：an elephant】

　　81、What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth?

　　【谜底：An echo.】

　　82、What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?

　　【谜底：A river.】

　　83、When the boy fell into the water, what's the first thing he did?

　　【谜底：He got wet first of all.】

　　84、What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you? Nothing.

　　【谜底：Because I'm a woman.】

　　85、Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house?

　　【谜底：Because the instructions on the paint can say “Put on two coats for best results.”】

　　86、When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it?

　　【谜底：When you have a hole in your pocket.】

　　87、What's too much for one, just right for two, but nothing at all for three?

　　【谜底：A secret.】

　　88、You have it,You read it,There are some words and pictures on it.What is it?

　　【谜底：a book】

　　89、What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?

　　【谜底：a clock】

　　90、If there were only three girls in the world, what do you think they would do?

　　【谜底：Two of them would get together and talk about the other one.】

　　91、Name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

　　【谜底：The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.】

　　92、What animal has a head like a cat, eyes like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?

　　【谜底：A kitten.】

　　93、What has cities with no houses, rivers without water and forests without trees?

　　【谜底：A map.】

　　94、Sometimes it looks like a boat,Sometimes it looks like a small white sun.What is it?

　　【谜底：the moon】

　　95、Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of your mother and father?

　　【谜底：Myself.】

　　96、A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street, but didn't give him a ticket. Why?

　　【谜底：Because the truck driver was walking.】

　　97、I am always with you.Sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can't see me in the dark.

　　【谜底：shadow】

　　98、What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

　　【谜底：river】

　　99、You throw away the outside and cook the inside.hen you eat the outside and throw away the inside.What did you eat?

　　【谜底：chicken】

　　100、A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl. The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left. Why?

　　【谜底：Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away】