英語のなぞなぞ

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なぞなぞ＝riddle

問題

Q1
What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T ?

Q2
Why should dieters avoid the letter C ?

Q3
What is it that by losing an eye has nothing left but a nose?

Q4
A horse is tied to a 20 feet long rope.
The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away.
The horse gets the water easily. How is this?

Q5
Who is closer to you, your mom or dad?

Q6
Why is the letter A like noon?

Q7
What is the longest sentence in the world?

Q8
What is a foreign ant?

Q9
What's the longest word in the English language?

Q10
What letters are the smartest?

Q11
I'm light as a feather,
yet the strongest man can't hold me for much
more than 10 minutes. What am I ?

Q12
Yesterday is always before today;
but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?

Q13
What clothing does a house wear?

Q14
Why is the letter D like a sailor?

Q15
The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What is this?

Q16
What is the best key for unlocking the tongue?

 

解答

A1
Teapot
T=tea(発音が同じ)

A2
Because it makes fat a faCt.
fat(太っている)→fact(事実)

A3
noise
noiseからeye=iを取るとnose

A4
The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.
(ロープの端が繋がってなければ?)

A5
Mom is closer, because dad is farther.
fatherとfarther(より遠い)の発音が同じ

A6
Because it is in the middle of DAY.
DAY(一日)の中心

A7
life sentence(終身刑)
sentence=文・刑罰←この二つをかけてる

A8
important
import(輸入する)とant(蟻)

A9
Smiles. Because there is a mile between the beginning and the end of it.
S mile S←こういうこと

A10
The Ys.
Ys(Y)とwise(賢い)

A11
Breath
hold one's breath (息をとめる)

A12
In a dictionary
(辞書)

A13
Address
dress(ドレス)とaddress(住所)

A14
It follows the C (sea).
follow(～の後に続く)とfollow the sea(海の仕事に就く)

A15
The letter "e".
全ての単語の始まりと終わりを見ると?

A16
whiskey