Trick Questions

What is always coming, but never arrives?

• car

• mom

• Tomorrow

• tod

You live in a one-story house made of redwood. What color are the stairs?

• red

• white

• brown

• none of the above

What goes up but never comes down

• temperature

• cloud

• age

• balloons

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CCSS.RI.1.4

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

Name the food that you throw away the outside of and cook the inside of, but then eat the outside and throw away the inside.

• pumpkin

• pistio nuts

• sunflower seeds

• an ear of corn

What room do ghosts avoid?

• the kitchen

• the bathroom

• the living room

• the bedroom

How is this possible: Alex is the father of Bo. But Bo is not the son of Alex.

• bo is a girl

• alex is lying

• i still have no clue

• bo is too young to know his dad name

What is tall when it’s young, but short when it’s old?

• a tree

• a candle

• a rumor

• a puppy

What has several keys, but will never open a single lock or door?

• Alice keys

• an island

• a locksmith

• a piona

What can run but never walks? It has a mouth but never talks. It has a head but never weeps and has a bed but never sleeps.

• cheetah

• refrigerator

• river

• car

Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

• the feather

• gold

• tie

• bricks