2010年1月9日「モバイル英語学習」第15号(なぞなぞ):Have You Ever Thought about These Interesting Questions?

今日は「標準」答えがないクイズを送ります!
Notes: abbreviated 省略された;
terminal 形容詞としては「終わりの,死に至る」の意;
rush 突進,猛進;
mouse-flavored ねずみの香り[味]がする。
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1. Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?
2. Why is it that to stop Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 you have to click on “Start”?
3. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
4. Why is it called “rush hour” when that is the time of day when traffic is at its slowest?
5. Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
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2009年12月14日「モバイル英語学習」第10号(なぞなぞ): What Are The Strongest Days of The Week?

下記のクイズの答えを聞くと「なーんだ」ということになるかもしれませんが,ちょっと頭をひねって考えてみてください。
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1. What are the strongest days of the week? (Answer: Saturday and Sunday -all the other days are weak (week) days.)
2. What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors? (Answer: A mushroom.)
3. What is smaller than an insect’s mouth? (Answer: Anything it eats.)
4. What question can you never answer “yes” to? (Answer: Are you asleep?)
5. What two words have thousands of letters in them? (Answer: Post office)
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