fun,fun,fun... to learn English

[misty]

Do you love English?and do you care for riddles/puzzles (esp. difficult)? Let's try this one. This subject is 4 u, my smart & humourous guys....
Cac ban co yeu thich Anh Van va quan tam den cac cau do vui ko? chu de nay danh rieng cho ban do, thu xem (Nhung noi truoc la hoi bi kho' do nha,phai la 1 nguoi thong minh va 1 chut hai huoc thi ban se giai duoc, chuc vui lol

Đau tien moi cac ban "khoi dong"voi vai cau hoi ve "English letters" cho quen da nhe , bat dau tu de den kho:

1.Which letter can you drink?
2.Which letter can look at you?
3.which letter do sailors like most of all?
4.which letter is most curious?
5.which letter can sting?
6.which letter takes a long time standing and waiting?
7.Which two letters of the alphabet contain nothing?
8.which letter is the most useful to an old woman?
9.Why is the letter A like twelve o'clock?
10. In which word r there ten letters T?

---> qua de phai ko cac ban?

P.S: 1 tuan nua Misty se post cau tra loi, va se co phan tiep theo cho nhung ai co cai dau thong minh lol
Have fun
CUL

[misty]

Khởi động xong, mời các bạn thử sức với :

I.RIDDLES:
1.What has legs but cannot walk?
2.What has hands and a face , but doesn't wash its face?
3.What hat teeth but cannot bite?
4.What is the end of everything?
5.Where does Thursday come before Wednesday?

II.JUMBLED WORDS:

1.OSEHS 11. NGNIWOTHG
2.FCRAS 12. WRSTAEE
3.SLOBUE 13. SVTE
4.STNPA 14. MSJAAPA
5.TACNOIRA 15.TCEJKA
6.SERDS 16.RSTRSUOE
7.SSSURNEEDP 17. KLCASS
8.TACO 18.TRISH
9.GTCNSOIK 19.TVRECAOO
10.NAJES 20. SOOBT

Notes: all these are about the category "clothing"

[the tran]

This is my answer for Part2. It's incompleted. But wanna share with you folks. Hope someone out there knows the rest. Here it is:

1.OSEHS = SHOES
2.FCRAS = SCARF
3.SLOBUE = BLOUSE
4.STNPA = PANTS
5.TACNOIRA = RAINCOAT
6.SERDS = DRESS
7.SSSURNEEDP = SUSPENDERS
8.TACO = COAT
9.GTCNSOIK = STOCKING
10.NAJES = JEANS
11. NGNIWOTHG = NIGHTGOWN
12. WRSTAEE = SWEATER
13. SVTE =VEST
14. MSJAAPA = PAJAMAS
15.TCEJKA = JACKET
16.RSTRSUOE = TROUSERS
17. KLCASS = SLACKS
18.TRISH = SHIRT
19.TVRECAOO = OVERCOAT
20. SOOBT =BOOTS

[ivyinlove]

1.What has legs but cannot walk?
- TABLE
2.What has hands and a face , but doesn't wash its face?
- A CLOCK
3.What hat teeth but cannot bite?
- A COMB
4.What is the end of everything?
- LETTER "G"
5.Where does Thursday come before Wednesday?
- IN DICTIONARY

[ivyinlove]

1.Which letter can you drink?
- LETTER "T"
2.Which letter can look at you?
- LETTER "I"
3.which letter do sailors like most of all?
- LETTER " C"
4.which letter is most curious?
- LETTER "Y"
5.which letter can sting?
- LETTER "B"
6.which letter takes a long time standing and waiting?
- LETTER "Q"
7.Which two letters of the alphabet contain nothing?
- LETTERS "M" & "T"
8.which letter is the most useful to an old woman?
- LETTER "A"
9.Why is the letter A like twelve o'clock?
- BECAUSE LETTER "A" IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE "DAY"
10. In which word r there ten letters T?
- TENT

[ivyinlove]

Misty, do u want to try the followings? :D

1. Which river in America has four eyes?
2. What is the difference between "here" and "there"?
3. Why must you never put the letter M into the refrigerator?
4. What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet there will be some remaining?
5. In which word only one remains if you take away two from its five letters?
6. What has a tongue and has to be answered, and yet cannot speak a word?
7. Why is a photographer strong?
8. What is the difference between a watchmaker and a jailer?
9. Why is a poor singer like a counterfeiter?
10. When is a dog a good manager?
11. Which animal always travels with luggage?
12. When is coffee like the soil?
13. Which word of only three syllables contains twenty six letters?
14. Why is the school yard always larger at a recess?
15. Why are different trees like different dogs?
16. What people handle more letters than lexicographers?
17. Who are the largest ladies in the USA?
18. Why are the tallest people the laziest?
19. How many times do we repeat the letters "nis" to get the name of a game?
20. Which letter surrounds Great Britain?

[ivyinlove]

This part is much easier than the above.

1. If it begins with a C you can eat it, if it begins with an L, you can swim there.
2. If started with an H, it's on the head, if with a C it's an animal.
3. With an M it's what is afraid of cats, with an H it's the place where you live.
4. With an S it is where you can swim, with a T it's a drink.
5. Which letter is most humourous?
6. Which letter is most selfish?
7. Which letter is most convenient to a doctor?
8. Which letters are important to mathematicians?
9. Which letter likes to sleep?
10. What key is hardest to turn?
11. What four letters frighten a thief?
12. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but not once in a thousand years?
13. What has fingers but cannot use them?
14. What has got an eye but cannot see?
15. What has got a head and four legs but cannot walk?
16. What runs but never walks?
17. What gets bigger the more you take from it?
18. What is it that every man overlooks?
19. What has got a neck but cannot swallow?
20. What goes up when rain goes down?

Gd9!

[misty]

Exactly! You both r very good.
i'm very pleased that my questions was warmly enjoyed& correctly anwered though the Lunar new Year is coming very near now.

[misty]

dear Ivy, Here are my anwers........but not complete. Of course I can't anwer all the questions above......hope that someone here in this forum can do it.........
Part 1:
1. Mississipi, it has 4 I's , ok?
2.the letter "T"
3.because it has "Ice" in it (ice--->Mice)
4. the word "wholesome"
5. stone
6. a door
8. One sells - watches and one watches - cells.
9. cos they both produce "bad notes"
11. an elephant, it never travels w/o its trunk.
12. When it is ground.
13. alphabet
14. 'cos people there always have intervals.<O>
15.'cos they have different barks.
16.cinematographers.<O>
18. 'cos they are always longer in bed than the others.
20. "C"
Part 2:
1. cake-lake.
2. hat-cat
3. mouse- house
4.sea- tea
5&6 humourous and selfish? is it "U"? :))
(i'm just kiddin' you around, dont get mad! ;) )
7.H (ache)
8. No. (numbers?)<O>
10. 'key' to a riddle, a problem....(oh it's hard to explain...)
11. CITA (Caught in the act, yeah?)(abbre.?)
12. the letter "m"
13. Book<O>
15. a bed<O>
16. a clock (and many things...but i'm not sure)<O>
19. a bottle
20. a rainbow

<O>:this one i'm not sure

I must confess that both of you are rather smart , all the anwers were correct to the very detail, which really made me astonished from the beginning. Ivy, sorry that i can anwer them completely, u know, there r many small quizzes which take me a few seconds only, however it's not -all - the questions.(except i have the book from which you got them :)) , if only i had....)

there are still some unfinished ones, who can help me plz........? Misty just needs more time. I dont know if all my anwers are correct or not and i wish to get more new experience...

Happy Lunar New Year to ev'ry-1 !!!

[ivyinlove]

Misty, I have read your answers. Some are correct, some aren't. I will post the answers in the next few days. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!

[misty]

some? can you tell me how many?;)

[ivyinlove]

Hi Misty,

Sorry for belated reply since I have been back from a 2-week business trip. Below are the answers. If you need any further clarification, feel free to ask me.

1. Which river in America has four eyes?
- The Mississippi. It has four "I "s.
2. What is the difference between "here" and "there"?
- The letter "T"
3. Why must you never put the letter M into the refrigerator?
- Because it will change "ice" into "mice".
4. What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet there will be some remaining?
- Wholesome.
5. In which word only one remains if you take away two from its five letters?
- St-one
6. What has a tongue and has to be answered, and yet cannot speak a word?
- A bell
7. Why is a photographer strong?
- He is always developing.
8. What is the difference between a watchmaker and a jailer?
- The former sells watches and the latter watches cells.
9. Why is a poor singer like a counterfeiter?
- Because they both produce bad notes.
10. When is a dog a good manager?
- When it catches its own tail, it makes both ends meet.
11. Which animal always travels with luggage?
- The ele-phant. Because it never travels without its trunk.
12. When is coffee like the soil?
- When it is ground
13. Which word of only three syllables contains twenty six letters?
- The alphabet
14. Why is the school yard always larger at a recess?
- Because there are more feet in it.
15. Why are different trees like different dogs?
- Because they have different barks.
16. What people handle more letters than lexicographers?
- Postmen and typists
17. Who are the largest ladies in the USA?
- Miss Ouri and Mrs Sippi. (Lakes named Misouri and Mississipi)
18. Why are the tallest people the laziest?
- Because they are always longer in bed than the others.
19. How many times do we repeat the letters "nis" to get the name of a game?
- 10
20. Which letter surrounds Great Britain?
- The letter "C"




1. If it begins with a C you can eat it, if it begins with an L, you can swim there.
- Cake and lake
2. If started with an H, it's on the head, if with a C it's an animal.
- Hat and cat
3. With an M it's what is afraid of cats, with an H it's the place where you live.
- Mouse and house
4. With an S it is where you can swim, with a T it's a drink.
- Sea and tea
5. Which letter is most humourous?
- The letter "J", you cannot make a joke without it.
6. Which letter is most selfish?
- The letter "I"
7. Which letter is most convenient to a doctor?
- The letter "R". The patient widely opens his mouth to say it.
8. Which letters are important to mathematicians?
- The letters "X" & "Y"
9. Which letter likes to sleep?
- The letter "Z"
10. What key is hardest to turn?
- Donkey
11. What four letters frighten a thief?
- O.I.C.U (Oh, I see you)
12. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but not once in a thousand years?
- The letter "M"
13. What has fingers but cannot use them?
- Gloves
14. What has got an eye but cannot see?
- Needle
15. What has got a head and four legs but cannot walk?
- Bed
16. What runs but never walks?
- River
17. What gets bigger the more you take from it?
- A hole in the ground
18. What is it that every man overlooks?
- His nose
19. What has got a neck but cannot swallow?
- Bottle
20. What goes up when rain goes down?
- Umbrella

[misty]

19. How many times do we repeat the letters "nis" to get the name of a game?
- 10

I cant got this. can you explain?:-?

[misty]

thanks 4 yr long post anyway. From that i found out many things interesting in English language, do you think so, Ivy?

[ivyinlove]

Bài viết được gửi bởi misty
I cant got this. can you explain?:-?

Do you know the word "tennis"? Now I think you understand.

[misty]

Oh thank you. now it got it, haha...
Have you got any riddle else, Ivy?

[psd]

here's a riddle:what's the third word in the english language end with gry apart from angry and hungry?

[dreamboy812002]

That's cool, how come on earth I didn't notice such an interesting topic before. Let me try my answer for psd@ riddle : the third word is language. Is that true, psd@ :D (hint: do not pay attention to the sentence cos it's a ruse to throw you off, therefore all the searching in dictionaries are pointless, but anyway, it's quite a famous riddle in the net, and personally, I'm not so satisfied with the given answer, obviously, above all, it's not my genuine answer, cos I myself cannot find a satisfactory answer for it :D )
Finally, it's my pleasure to participate in the English forum :)

[sniper]

here come one simple question :
If you look at my face. you won't see any thirteen number.What am I ?
By the way, cool answer dreamboy! :D

[misty]

i think it's too hard...
any suggestion?
by the way, thanks 4 yr participating..... i m more happy to hear a good remark from you, dreamboy..

[phildoan]

anyone interest in a fotball riddle?then try this:in a recent soccer match,Blackburn rovers beat Newcatle united
2-1 .what could the half-time score have been?
-how many different possible half-time scores are there if the final score is 2-1?how many if the final score is 4-3?
-how many dif "routes" are there to any final score?for example,for the above match,putting Blackburn score first,the sequence could be:0-0->0-1->1-1->2-1or0-0->1-0->1-1->2-1or0-0->1-0->2-0->2-1.so in this case there are 3 routes.

[KoK]

to sniper: clock ( you can see this question in " batman and robin" )
For beginner : find the mistake: three times three are nine
For you friends : What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place?

[misty]

to Kok:
rather simple, i think yr riddles r similar to PSD's: it's the letter "E", right?

[sniper]

to KOK : right KOK, u have a good memory huh. :)

[KoK]

to misty: right, well done friend.

[fireball]

hmm...sniper, are you a member of HLFC??? (sozi if i'm wrong :D)

[phildoan]

Riddle Of The Week?
Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?

[phildoan]

here's another one:
What goes through the door without pinching itself?
What sits on the stove without burning itself?
What sits on the table and is not ashamed?

[phildoan]

here's another one:
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.

[satanicblack]

hmmmmm.........interesting Qs phil.But for me i just need a little time to figure it out.Here are my ans 4 ur Qs in alphabet order but apart from the riddle of the week.
"Who makes it ............see nor feel it. ".The ans is the COFFIN,isn't it?
And the ans 4 the next one is the SUN,isn't it?.............respect y'all.....

[phildoan]

oviously those are all easy Qs,satanicblack.Here's another one 4 u:
1.What has feet but can't walk?
2.What has eyes but can't see?
3.What has hands but can't feel?
4.What has ears but can't hear?
5.What has teeth but can't chew?
6.Spell mousetrap in three letters.
7.Spell pickle backwards
8.There are ten copycats in one car, if one gets out how many are left?
9.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
10.How much dirt is there in a hole 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep?
11.How far can you go into the woods?
12.What had 4 eyes and runs more than 2,000 miles?
13.What must you keep after giving it to someone else?
14.What do we have in December that we don't have in any other month? (No it's not Christmas)
15.If two's company and three's a crowd then what is 4 and 5?
16.What can you catch but never throw?
17.What is lighter than a feather yet harder to hold?
18.What question can never truly be answered yes?
19.What question must you positively answer yes?
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[thien_thao]

hey guys!!!
do ya want to do some IQ test by English?
if anybody show interest in my term, give me your email so that i can send ya one.

[goldensea80]

For you friends : What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place?
That's a cool question.

And


Three times three IS nine