Part One Games and Tricks 第一部分 游戏与把戏 2
1.Linking Paperclips in an Interesting Way 妙连曲别针 2
2.Heads or Tails ?正面还是反面? 2
3.The Middle of the Ruler 尺子的中点 3
4.Black and Wyite 黑与白 6
5.An Unusual Way of a Tying a Knot 一种不同寻常的打结法 6
6.The Jumping Rubber Band 跳跃的橡皮筋 8
7.A Table-tennis Bat 一只乒乓球拍 10
8.Change the Direction of Fish 改变鱼的方向 12
9.Five Square Units 5个正方形单位 12
10.Squares and Triangles 正方形和三角形 14
11.Four Squares 4个正方格 14
12.Cut a Paper Square 剪一块正方形纸片 16
13.Seven Matches 7根火柴 18
14.Use Ten Matches to Make a Monkey 用10根火柴做一只猴子 18
15.Use Seven Matches to Make a Hotel 用7根火柴做一个旅馆 20
16.Cutting the Cake 切蛋糕 20
17.The Cork and Matches 软木塞与火柴 22
18.Rearrange Glasses 重新安排玻璃杯 22
19.The Six Cigarettes 6支香烟 24
20.The Last One Is the Loser 最后一个为输家 26
21.A Pencil and a Piece of String 一支铅笔和一根线 26
22.Freeing the Scissors 松开剪刀 28
23.The Moving Ring 移动圆环 30
24.The Mysterious Strips 神奇的带环 34
25.Cutting Somebody in Two 把人切成两段 36
26.One or Two Marbles? 一颗弹子还是两颗弹子 38
27.Piles of Cans 罐头堆 40
28.Getting a Surplus Small Square 得到一个多余的小方格 44
29.An Unusual Way of Tying a Knot with String 一种不寻常的用绳打结法 46
30.Tangram 七巧板 48
31.Tri-dominoes 三角多米诺骨牌 52
32.From Left to Right 从左边到右边 54
33.Reversing the Order 颠倒顺序 56
34.Magic Mirror魔镜 58
35.A Playing Card and a Coin 一张扑克牌和一枚钱币 58
36.Clasp Hands Together 两手紧握在一起 60
37.To Write Fifty Miles Under the Sea 在海下书写50英里 60
38.Taking Half Away Yet Leaving More 拿走一半,但留下更多 60
39.A Party Gag 一则聚会笑话 62
40.Lay Trap 设陷阱 62
41.Another Party Gag 又一则聚会笑话 62
42.A Neat Trick 一个巧妙的把戏 64
43.Something Never Seen and Will Be Never Seen Again 从来未见并且不将可能再见到的某物 66
44.Another Party Trick 又一聚会游戏 66
45.Another Neat Trick另一个巧妙的把戏 68
46.Write With Ear 用耳朵写字 68
47.Sing Songs Under Water 在水下唱歌 68
48.You Can Tell the Coin from Man or Woman 你能辨别钱币是来自男人还是女人 70
49.Push a Chalk Cross through Table 把粉笔按穿桌子 70
50.Egg Yolk 蛋黄 72
51.Reduce a Sum by Adding a Digit to It 加上一个数反而使原总数缩小 72
52.To Find the Covered Dise 找出盖着的圆片 74
53.Coin Trick 钱币把戏 74
54.Three Candies and Three Hats 三块糖果和三顶帽子 76
55.Multiplying Money 增值钱 78
56.Halve the Money 把钱减去一半 80
57.Vanishing Coin 钱币不见了 88
58.One Card Through the Other 一张纸牌穿过另一张纸牌 94
59.A Knot That s Not 绳结变没结 100
60.Hanging a Vase in Its Mouth 从罐口里吊起罐子 104
61.Male or Female? 男的还是女的? 110
62.Baffling Beads 神奇的穿珠把戏 116
Part Two Brainteasers 第二部分 动脑筋解难题 124
1.What Relationship? 什么样的关系? 124
2.Five Pieces of Chain 5节铁环 124
3.How Can It Be Possible? 这怎么可能? 126
4.Why Jason Is Unharmed ? 贾森为何没受到伤害? 126
5.Car Accident 车祸 126
6.How a Man Hangs Himself in Hut in Desert? 一个人是如何在沙漠里的小屋吊死自己的? 128
7.Pick up a Brush without Touching It 不接触刷子而拾起刷子 128
8.Three Handkerchiefs 3块手帕 128
9.How Bleat Saves His Sheep? 布里特是如何救他的羊群的? 130
10.How Two Indians Are Related? 两个印第安人之间是什么关系? 132
11.A Man Works in a High Building 一个男人在高楼里上班 132
12.Fry Fish 煎鱼 132
13.Bus and Cyclist 公共汽车与骑自行车者 134
14.How Long My Tablets Last? 我的药片能吃多长时间? 134
15.Amoeba 变形虫 134
16.Interesting Square 有趣的正方形 136
17.How to Measure Vinegar? 怎样量醋? 136
18.Plant Cherry Trees 栽樱桃树 138
19.How to Cross the River? 怎样过河? 138
20.Farmer Jones Will 农夫琼斯的遗嘱 138
21.Digit Nine in Hundred 100当中的9 140
22.A Tramp and Cigarette Ends 乞丐与烟头 140
23.A Match Stick Trick 火柴棍戏法 140
24.What Relation Are the Two Persons to Each Other? 这两个人互相之间是何关系? 142
25.You Kill My Husband? 你杀死了我的丈夫 142
26.How to Move Prisoners? 怎么挪动囚犯? 142
27.Who Is Taller? 谁高些? 144
28.Where to Build the Eighth Door? 第八道门开在哪里? 144
29.Two Men Play Chess 两个人下棋 146
30.How Ali Saves His Head? 阿里是怎样免遭杀头之祸的? 148
31.How Barges and Lighters Pass under the Bridge? 驳船和拖船如何从桥下通过? 148
32.How Clever Employer Finds an Intelligent Employee? 聪明的雇主怎样找到聪明的雇员? 150
33.When Are the Two Girls Birthdays Really? 两个姑娘的生日的真正日期是何时? 152
34.A Fly and Two Cyclists 一只苍蝇和两个骑自行车的人) 152
35.A Woman and the Man in the Photograph 一位妇女和照片里的男人 154
36.Four Men Venture to Desert 4个男人去沙漠探险 154
37.Three Men Have a Race 3个男人赛跑 156
38.How Many Adults Can Get on the Bus? 几个成人能上公共汽车 156
39.Who Is the Owner of which shop? 各家店主分别是谁? 158
40.Who Is the Pilot? 谁是驾驶员? 158
41.Who Does Which Job? 哪一位做哪样工作? 160
42.How Far the Smiths Drive? 史密斯夫妇行驶了多远? 162
43.Work out the Number of Each Types of Cards 算出各种牌的张数 162
44.Wrong Flag 错旗 164
45.The Sphinx 狮身人面像 166
46.Who Speaks Which Languages? 谁能讲哪些语言? 166
47.Wise Old Guru 足智多谋的古鲁 168
48.Who Is the Murderer? 谁是谋杀犯? 168
49.A Game of Circles and Numbers 圆圈与数字的游戏 170
50.Four Errors 4个错误 172
51.Getting in Line 弄到线上 172
52.Striking the Dots 连点 174
53.Who Shoots Whom? 谁向谁开枪? 176
54.Which Day? 哪一天 178
55.The Manager and Two Young Men 经理与两位年轻人 178
56.Mosquito in Africa 非洲的蚊子 180
57.Several People ane 4 Bird Eggs 几个人和4枚鸟蛋 180
58.Complex Relationship of Two Families 两个家庭的错综复杂关系 182
59.A Yardstick 码尺 182
60.A Hunter Crosses the Single-log Bridge 猎人过独木桥 182
Clues and Solutions 提示和答案 184
Part Three Magical Mathematics 第三部分 奇妙的数学 242
1.Wonderful Arithmetic Pyramids 神奇的数学金字塔 242
2.Numbers Game on Calendar 日历上的数字游戏 242
3.A Game on a Three-digit Number 一个三位数游戏 244
4.Another Game on a Three-digit Number 另一个三位数游戏 246
5.Three Tricks of Working out a Person s Age 3种算出某人年龄的决窍 246
6.Arrange the Numbers in the Circles 在圆圈里安排数字 254
7.A Magic Table 神奇的数目表 260
8.To Repeat a Three-digit Number 重复一个三位数 262
9.A Game on Two Numbers 两个数字的游戏 262
10.Predict Final Total 预卜最终的答数 264
11.You Can Guess Any Number 你能猜出任何一个数 268
12.How Man Matches? 有多少根火柴 270
13.Tell the Numbers 说出数目 274
14.Finding the Total 求总数 276
15.The Three Dice 3颗骰子 276
16.Tell the Number Chosen by Your Friend 说出你朋友所选的数字 280
Part Four Paradoxes and Others 第四部分 奇思怪论 284
1.A Cat with Three Tails 3条尾巴的猫 284
2.Allege to Have 11 Fingers 声称有11个手指头 284
3.7 Customers Share 6 Tables 7个食客分享6张饭桌 284
4.Returned the Borght Book 退回已买的书 286
5.One Pound Missed 一英镑钱不见了 286
6.5 Buns 5个包子 288
7.Funny Advice 滑稽主意 288
8.A Man Can Even Tell Male and Female Flies 一个竟然能辨别雌雄苍蝇的人 290
9.Find Socks in Darkness 摸黑找袜子 290
10.How Your Friends Can Get Their Gifts Properly? 你的朋友怎样才能得到合适的礼物? 292
11.The Lady or the Tiger? 小姐还是老虎? 294
12.English Alphabet Shrinks 英语字母表缩水 296
13.People Don t Work a Single Day in Whole Year 人们一年一天也不工作 296
14.Who Is Elder?谁要年长些? 298