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Trick Questions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is always coming, but never arrives?

a)

The Sun

b)

Today

c)

A Sandwich

d)

Tomorrow

2.

What can be broken, but is never held?

a)

A Promise

b)

A secret

c)

A something

d)

A Lemon

3.

What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink?

a)

Marsh

b)

A person

c)

Fire

d)

A dog

4.

What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one hand?

a)

Fingerless

b)

Still chill

c)

Handless

d)

Normal, because people usually have half their fingers on one hand.

5.

What can one catch that is not thrown?

a)

The heat

b)

A cold

c)

A ball

d)

Rain

6.

What is it that if you have, you want to share me, and if you share, you do not have?

a)

A heart

b)

A flame

c)

A secret

d)

A name

7.

If it takes eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men?

a)

4 hours

b)

No time, because the wall is already built.

c)

It would take 5 hours because 5 + 5 = 10

d)

6 hours

8.

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?

a)

You have 2 apples

b)

You have 10

c)

You don't have any ;-;

d)

The 4 you took away

9.

If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some kindling wood, and a newspaper, which would you light first?

a)

The oil lamp

b)

Kindling wood

c)

The match

d)

newspaper

10.

If you spell “sit in the tub” s-o-a-k, and you spell “a funny story” j-o-k-e, how do you spell “the white of an egg”?

a)

e-g-g

b)

a-l-b-u-m-e-n or e-g-g w-h-i-t-e

c)

w-h-i-t-e

d)

o-u-t-e-r-p-a-r-t

11.

Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?

a)

No, but since he is dead it would be hard to do so.

b)

No

c)

Yes

d)

No, because it's illegal

12.

If Mrs. John’s bungalow is decorated completely in pink, with the walls, carpet, and furniture all shades of pink, what color are the stairs?

a)

It's pink, because everything else is pink.

b)

The stairs don't have any color.

c)

There are no stairs, because bungalows do not have a second floor.

d)

There aren't any stairs, only a pink ladder.

13.

How did the boy kick his soccer ball ten feet, and then have it come back to him on its own?

a)

The wind blew it towards him.

b)

It was magnetic.

c)

He kicked it up.

d)

Someone kicked it back to him.

14.

How could a man go outside in the pouring rain without protection, and not have a hair on his head get wet?

a)

A roof was on top of him.

b)

He didn't go outside.

c)

He was under an umbrella.

d)

He was bald.

15.

If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

a)

An electric train has no smoke.

b)

It moves northwest.

c)

It stays in one direction.

d)

It goes south because the winds change.

16.

What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?

a)

A window and a ball.

b)

A heart and a leaf.

c)

Day breaks and night falls

d)

A burrito and a chimichanga.

17.

Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days, but how many have 28 days?

a)

One

b)

Every month has 30 days.

c)

Six months have 28 days.

d)

All the months have 28 days.

18.

What goes up and down, but always remains in the same place?

a)

The sun

b)

Stairs

c)

An escalator

d)

An elevator

19.

What has a head, a tail, but does not have a body?

a)

A cion

b)

A coin

c)

A furry

d)

A clock

20.

Who is bigger, Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?

a)

The baby, since he is a little Bigger.

b)

Mr. Bigger because, all men grow up to be tall.

c)

Mrs. Bigger because, she wears high heel shoes sometimes.

d)

They are all big.