BEYİN JİMNASTİĞİ: BİLMECE - BULMACA DİZİSİ -- 003
BRAIN TEASERS
AEROBICS FOR THE BRAIN
PART 1 : 15 QUICKIES
01. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are half a meter apart and the ladder is 6 meters long. The tide is rising at four centimeters an hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are underwater?
rope ladder = ip merdiven... rungs = basamaklar... half a meter apart = aralarında yarımşar metre var... tide = gelgit...
02. If the only sister of your mother's only brother has an only child, what would be your relationship to that child?
pile of sand
= kum yığını...03. There is one in a minute and two in a moment, but only one in a million years. What are we talking about?
04. The boy at the zoo started to call out the name of the animal he saw, but he became so excited that he got his words all mixed up. See if you can take all twelve of the letters in "Oh, it's a pom pup!" and rearrange them to make a single word that will be the name of the huge beast the boy is pointing to.
05. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
in any other form but fresh = taze hali dışında hiçbir biçimde...
06. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
tohum = tohum (genelde bitkiler için, bazen de "the seeds of freedom" veya "the seeds of war" deyişlerinde olduğu gibi)...
07. "I guarantee," said the salesman in the pet shop, "that this purple parrot will repeat every word it hears." A customer bought the bird, but found that the parrot wouldn't speak a single word. Nevertheless, what the salesman said was true. How could this be?
08. In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?
09. In many countries, the attempt to commit a certain crime is punishable, but actually committing the crime is not. What is the crime?
to commit a crime = suç işlemek... certain = belli bir muayyen (burada adını vermek istemediğimiz için "a certain politician" "adını vermekten sarfı nazar ettiğim muayyen bir politikacımız" gibi bir bağlamda kullanılıyor)... actually committing = fiilen işlemek, bilfiil işlemek...
10. If today is Monday, what is the day after the day before the day before tomorrow?
11. Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters:
PNLLEEEESSSSS
12. How can you throw a ball with all your might and -- without hitting a wall or any other obstruction -- have the ball stop and come right back to you?
with all your might = bütün gücünüzle... "have sth do sth" = "birşeyi yapmasını sağlamak" yapısına dikkat ediniz... to relieve ÇEVİRİSİ: Bir topu bütün gücünüzle fırlatarak, h,çbir duvara veya herhangi başka bir engele çarpmaksızın durup dosdoğru size dönmesini nasıl sağlayabilirsiniz?
13. There is a marvelous invention which makes it possible for people to see through brick walls. What is it?
14. Jack's famous beanstalk doubled its height every day. After twenty-one days it was as high as the town hall. After how many days was it half the height of the town hall?
15. I can only live when there is light, although I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
SILLY ANSWERS TO SILLY QUESTIONS
1. Your aunt has a brother, but this is not your uncle. Who is he?
2. What is the longest word in the English language?
3. Who said: "Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes" ?
4. Is it possible for a flea to jump higher than the Galata Tower?
5. What word becomes shorter when you add a syllable to it?
6. Temel has five sons and each son has a sister. How many children does Temel have?
7. Do you stir your tea with your right or left hand?
8. Two fathers and two sons ask for a cup of tea each. The waiter brings only three cups. Why?
9. What word is always spelled wrong?
10. What is THE capital of Turkland.
1. Well, He is your father, of course, you silly!
2. Smiles ! There is a whole mile between the beginning and the ending letter...
3. Why, Captain Kirk, of course, you silly! (beam down = aşağı ışınla)
4. Naturally... The Galata Tower is altogether incapable of doing any jumping...
5. I gave you the answer in the question: shorter !
6. 6 (six, SIX) VI
7. None; I just stir my tea with a spoon.
8. Grandpa + Papa + Son
9. I gave you the answer in the question: "wrong" is always spelled "wrong" -- unless it is misspelled, of course !
10. The Letter "T"
Just to round things off:
Derleyip toplayıp bitirmek için:
İngilizce'deki en kısa cümlenin, "I am." olduğu söylenir. O halde, nasıl oluyor da, "I do." en uzunu oluyor?"I am." is said to be the shortest sentence in the English language. How is it, then, that "I do," is the longest sentence?
Let me give you a clue... It's a "life sentence"...
"I do," is the longest sentence in the English language, because it is The Wedding Vow! For pronouncing those two words you get a "life sentence"!
sentence = 1. cümle; 2. bir mahkemenin verdiği hüküm... "life sentence" = müebbed hapis...
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The Wedding Vow
(the most common version of it):
Evlenme Töreninde Verilen Karşılıklı Yemin (en yaygın versiyon)
To the groom (= damada):
"Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife? Do you promise to love her,
comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, remaining
faithful to her as long as you both shall live?"
To the bride (= geline):
"Do you take this man to be your wedded husband? Do you promise to love him,
comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, remaining
faithful to him as long as you both shall live?"
If the answer is "I do" -- which almost always is so -- you receive, errr, a "life sentence"!!
