話說美國福布斯雜志網(wǎng)站上出了10個腦筋急轉(zhuǎn)彎brainteasers,據(jù)說可以測試大腦的機(jī)敏程度,其實用來測試是否“腦殘”也是可以的(參考答案附后):
第一題:Johnny的媽有三個孩子,老大叫April,老二叫May,老三叫什么?
第二題:沒法翻譯,請直接看英文:A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
第三題:在珠穆朗瑪峰被發(fā)現(xiàn)之前,世界最高峰是哪座山?
第四題:How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
第五題:英語中哪一個詞永遠(yuǎn)被拼寫incorrectly(What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly)?
6. Billie生日是12月28日,可是他的生日總是在夏天,這是咋回事?
7. 在 British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
8. 賽跑中,你超過了第二名,你現(xiàn)在是第幾名?
9. 以下兩種說法哪一個正確: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?”
10. A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?
參考答案:
1. Johnny.
2. Meat.
3. Mt. Everest. It just wasn’t discovered yet.
4. There is no dirt in a hole.
5. Incorrectly (except when it is spelled incorrecktly).
6. Billie lives in the southern hemisphere.
7. You can’t take a picture with a wooden leg. You need a camera (or iPad or cell phone) to take a picture.
8. You would be in 2nd place. You passed the person in second place, not first.
9. Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.
10. One. If he combines all his haystacks, they all become one big stack.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/05/15/10-brainteasers-to-test-your-mental-sharpness//