英語謎語 (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.