vocabulary
kneepads
защита для колен
What has five fingers but isn’t a hand?
A glove
Two is a duo, and three is a trio. So what do four and five make?
nine
You arrive at a murder scene where a man is hanging from the ceiling with nothing around him other than a large pool of water. How did the man die?
He was standing on a block of ice, and it melted.
barbells
гантели
If there are eight oranges in a bag and you take away two, how many do you have?
two
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
“Incorrectly”
2 pills, one which was safe and one which was poisoned, were given to a group of people to take with some water. All of them died. How did they die?
the water was poisoned
chalk
мел
If Mrs. Smith’s rooster lays an egg in Mr. Brown’s yard, who owns the egg?
No one; roosters don’t lay eggs
If you were in a race and passed the person in third place, what place would you be in?
three
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. A little while later, they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She shot her husband with a camera and then developed the photo.
vaulting horse
прыгающая лошадь
What happens when you throw a blue rock into the Red Sea?
It sinks to the bottom
Every single person at a restaurant got sick, except for two people who were completely fine. How is that possible?
The two people were a couple and, therefore, not single
Why was the detective’s wife furious when he arrived home at 9:30 when he said he’d arrive home at 9:30?
Because she thought it would be 9:30 PM, and he turned up at 9:30 AM!
diving fins
What word becomes longer after you add two letters to it?
“Long”
What number is odd, until you take away one letter and it becomes even?
seven
One winter day, there was a man standing in the middle of someone’s front yard. The person stayed there for several weeks without moving and the owner of the yard didn’t mind. Eventually the man left. Who was he?
a snowman