考考你：7個英文腦筋急轉彎

Convinced your common sense is pretty sound? You might want to put it to the test with a new quiz.
你對常識了解的夠多嗎？可以通過下面這個測驗測一測。

Quiz master Tom Dunbar, from Plymouth, has devised a seven question test with trick answers that's designed to find out whether you're easily persuaded or whether your logic is spot on.
來自普利茅斯的測驗達人湯姆·丹巴出了7個腦筋急轉彎，可以測出你是否容易被誤導、邏輯思維是否嚴密。

'To pass the test, you must answer with simplicity and prevent yourself from overthinking the questions,' he says.
他表示：“回答問題時，你想到什么就答什么，無需多加思考。”

So can you answer all seven correctly?
現在就來看看你是否都能答對吧！

QUESTION 1: A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a hair on his head got wet. How come?
問題1：一個男人站在傾盆大雨中，沒有任何遮擋的工具，但他的頭發一點都沒濕，這是為什么？

QUESTION 2: John's father has five sons named Alan, Blan, Clan and Dlan. What did he call his fifth son?
問題2：小明的爸爸有五個兒子，他們的名字叫一毛，二毛，三毛，四毛。那第五個兒子叫什么名字？

QUESTION 3: A taxi driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, he passes twelve cops. Why does he not get arrested?
問題3：一位出租車司機在一條單行道上逆行。途中他碰到了12個警察，可是都沒有抓他，為什么？

QUESTION 4: What is directly in the middle of Australia?
問題4：澳大利亞的正中間是什么？

QUESTION 5: A soccer player kicks a ball. It goes ten feet and comes back to him. How is this possible?
問題5：足球運動員踢向一個球，這個球足足飛了10英尺，又飛了回來。這是為什么？

QUESTION 6: On average, how many books can you put in an empty backpack?
問題6：一般你可以在一個空背包里面放多少本書？

QUESTION 7: A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday. He stayed two nights and left on Friday. How can this be?
問題7：一個牛仔趕著星期五來到一家客棧，住了兩晚后，又乘著星期五離開了。怎么做到的？

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AND THE ANSWERS...
答案：

ANSWER 1: The man is bald
答案1：那男人是個禿子。

ANSWER 2: John
答案2：小明。

ANSWER 3: He was walking on foot
答案3：他是在走路。

ANSWER 4: The letter R
答案4：字母R。

ANSWER 5: He kicked the ball upwards
答案5：他把球往上踢。

ANSWER 6: One. After that, it isn't empty.
答案6：一本。因為放了一本，包就不空了啊。

ANSWER 7: His horse was called Friday.
答案7：他的馬叫“星期五”。

英文來源：每日郵報
譯者：chenger25
審校&編輯：杜娟