Posts in category "Rack Your Brains"
Yes-Or-No Games
0Загадки, приведенные ниже, можно с успехом использовать для так называемых "Yes-Or-No Games". Ведущий рассказывает короткую историю (часто детективного характера) с непонятным завершением, а участники игры, в свою очередь, задают ему наводящие вопросы, требующие ответа "да" или "нет", постепенно приближаясь к разгадке. Подобные игры являются весьма эффективным talk-тренажером (правда, не для ведущего), так что советуем вам не переключаться на русский язык в процессе игры. Если же вам лень задавать вопросы, можете попробовать отгадать эти загадки "с первого захода". [...]
12.12.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Foggy Phantoms
0И даже в этот "светлый" праздник мы не дадим вашим мозгам расслабиться. К выделенным страшным словам в приведенных ниже ужасных предложениях нужно подобрать кошмарные (но правильные!) синонимы из трех предложенных вариантов. 1. Last year's Whispers have disappeared in the fog. a) rain b) mist c) darkness 2. A loud howl blasted through the graveyard, deep enough to shake us all to the bones. a) cathedral b) quarry c) cemetery 3. And you know, one of those terrible [...]
10.11.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Riddles
0Today I am happy to present five beautiful pieces of English classical riddles. I hope you will enjoy them. Try to resist a temptation to have a peep at the answer (which you can make visible by selecting the hidden text), let your brains get it for you! Good luck! 1. Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it, can neither see nor feel it. [ [...]
28.10.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Strain Your Brain
0To see an answer please select the hidden text. 1. If a child were born in Boston to parents who were both born in Boston, would it be possible for the child NOT to be an American citizen? [ If the child was born before 1776 (the Declaration of Independence), he would be a British subject. Also, the child could have been born in Boston, England. ] 2. If a clock takes 6 seconds to strike 7 [...]
04.06.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Shopping
0Here is a nice little puzzle story to rack your brains. A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dollar bills for her purchases in an envelope on his desk. She found the envelope with "98″ written on it. She bought $90 worth of things. But when it was time to pay, she did not have $8 left over, as [...]
22.05.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Princess and Tigers
1300 years ago there lived a king of ill heart and much pride. He had a daughter, whom he had promised to a rich neighbor, but she had a different plan: she fell in love with a plain lad, a blacksmith named Kecho. The lovers tried to run to the mountains but were caught. Angered, the king decided to execute Kecho. However, to not appear as a cruel tyrant before his daughter and the people, and to [...]
20.05.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Out to Dinner Mathematics
0Эта статья заставит вас ломать голову только по одной причине: вы будете пытаться понять, как же это работает! Текст этой хитрой задачи-незадачи, разумеется, на английском, но, поверьте, он стоит того, чтобы его перевести и проверить ответ. Don't cheat by scrolling down first! It takes less than a minute... Work this out as you read. This is fun! First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have dinner out (try for [...]
21.04.2003 / Rack Your Brains
What Is It?
0Schwarzenegger has a big one, Michael Fox has a small one, Madonna doesn't have one, The Pope has one but doesn't use it, Clinton uses his all the time, So what is it? Here is the answer! Select hidden text in brackets: [ It's a last name... Were you thinking of something else? ] [...]
01.04.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Stars
0This time it's rather checking your knowledge than racking brains. Take a look at the following list of the stage-names. Wally Willison. [ Bruce Willis ] Winona Horowitz. [ Winona Ryder ] Susan Weaver. [ Sigourney Weaver ] T.C. Mapother. [ Tom Cruise ] Marion M. Morrison. [ John Wayne ] Sofia Scicolone. [ Sophia Loren ] Do you recognize any of these famous people? To get a correct answer please select the hidden text in brackets. [...]
26.03.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Traveling
0Try this traveling quiz. Using the information given in the sentences try to make out who is going where, when, what for and by what means of transport. Express to Paris leaves on the 24th of December. Julia is going to marry. Jane and Maggie are going together. The bus to Madrid departs on Friday morning. David booked a return ticket to Congo. The flight 14567 from London to Sidney takes off on Monday. There is a [...]
27.02.2003 / Rack Your Brains
