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Trick Questions
Trick Questions
Tomorrow
A towel
A promise
Incorrectly
Fire
7. What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
Your cellphone
8. What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his
fingers on one hand?
Normal, because people usually have half their fingers on one hand.
9. What goes up but never ever comes down?
Your age
A cold
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11. A girl fell off a 50-foot ladder but didn’t get hurt. How come?
12. If you have one, you want to share it. But once you share it, you do
not have it. What is it?
A secret
13. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?
An envelope
14. If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and
Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
16. If it takes eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take
four men?
17. You spot a boat full of people but there isn’t a single person on
board. How is that possible?
18. If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many
do you have?
20. 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?
The match
21. What’s greater than God and more evil than the devil. Rich people
want it, poor people have it. And if you eat it, you’ll die?
Nothing
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22. 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”?
E-G-G W-H-I-T-E
23. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days
and rode out on Friday. How is that possible?
27. What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?
He kicked it up
29. A young boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room, but the ER
doctor saw the boy and refused to operate. “This boy is my son,” the
doctor said. But the doctor wasn’t the boy’s father. How could this be?
30. How could a man go outside in the pouring rain without protection,
and not have a hair on his head get wet?
He is bald
31. What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
A clock
33. I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I?
A candle
34. How was it possible that every single person in an airplane crash
died, but two people survived?
36. What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?
Rain drops
38. Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days, but how many
have 28 days?
All 12
39. Thanks to me, you can see straight through the wall. What am I?
A window
42. Uncle Bill’s farm had a terrible storm and all but seven sheep were
killed. How many sheep are still alive?
Seven
43. How can the pocket of your pants be empty, but still have something
in it?
44. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is all the
time?
A widow
45. What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t actually alive?
A glove
46. What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
47. Imagine you’re in a room that’s filling up with water quickly. There
are no windows or doors. How do you get out?
Stop imagining
48. What goes up and down, but always remains in the same place?
Stairs
49. Everyone in the world needs it, but they usually give it without taking
it. What is it?
Advice
A conversation
52. What has a head, a tail, but does not have a body?
A coin
53. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What
number am I?
55. I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest girl can hold me for
more than 5 minutes. What am I?
Breath
56. If you sit a cup on the table facing south while you are on the north
side of the table, on which side is the cup’s handle?
No matter which way the cup is turned, the handle is always on the outside
57. Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one
slice of pizza, yet only three slices were eaten. How’s that possible?
The man is short and can only reach the button for the 50th floor on the
elevator. On rainy days, he uses his umbrella handle.
59. What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
60. A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly,
a large black car with no lights on comes around the corner and
screeches to a halt. How did the car’s driver know he was there?
61. Can you name three consecutive days without using the
words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday?
Iron
Your brain
64. There are three important rooms in a house. The first one is filled
with money. The second one is filled with important papers. The third
one is filled with jewelry. One day all of these rooms burst into fire.
Which room did the policemen put out the fire in first?
None of them, because policemen do not put out fires; firemen do
65. What can you make that no one—not even you—can see?
Noise
66. Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
Because there is one more penny in 1968 pennies than in 1967 pennies
67. What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more than you?
Your name
68. There are eight men sitting on a couch. Three legs break and six men
leave. How many legs are remaining?
Five; the legs of the two remaining men and the remaining couch leg.
69. You are driving a bus. When you begin your route, there is an old
woman named Mrs. Smith and a young boy named Raymond are on the
bus. At the first stop, the old woman leaves, and a salesman, named Ed,
enters. At the next stop, Jack and his sister Jill get on, as well as three
women with shopping bags. The bus travels fifteen minutes, then stops
and Raymond gets off and a man and his wife get on. Next, a woman
with a bird in a cage gets on the bus. What is the name of the bus
driver?
It’s you!
70. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one
thousand years?
The letter M
71. What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper
can be folded in half by hand?
Once
72. I’m so fragile that if you say my name, you’ll break me. What am I?
Silence
A sponge
75. What two words, when combined, hold the most letters?
Post Office
76. If a monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut
tree, who will get the banana first?
A comb
78. First you throw away my outside and cook the inside. Then you eat
my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?
Corn on the cob. Because you throw away the husk, cook the corn. Then you
eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.
79. If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how many
birds are left in the tree?
None, because after one bird got shot, the rest flew away
80. What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but
never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A river
A garbage truck
A crane
83. Why did the woman run around her bed at night?
An umbrella
85. How much dirt is there in a hole that is 3 feet deep, 6 feet long, and 4
feet wide?
None, because a hole does not have any dirt inside
86. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footprints
87. How many legs does an elephant have if you count his trunk as a
leg?
Four, because calling the elephant’s trunk a leg does not make it one.
88. I have all the knowledge you have. But I’m so small, you can hold me
in your fist. What am I?
Your brain
89. How many animals did Moses take into the ark?
None because it was Noah who built and loaded the ark
A yardstick
91. If a rooster lays an egg on top of the barn roof, which way will it roll?
92. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what do four and five make?
Nine
A stamp
95. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor and not crack it?
96. Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?
A mushroom
Mississippi
A map
Its shadow
Island
A bottle
Chili
A ton
107. A girl leaves home and turns left three times, only to return home
facing two guys wearing masks. Who are the two guys?
108. Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other
one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?
Beth
109. What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole
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110. I have one head, one foot, and four legs. What am I?
Your bed
111. What has one eye but can’t see anything at all?
A needle
112. If you were running a race and passed the person in second place,
what place would you be in now?
Second place
113. If you threw a red rock into a green sea, what would it come back
as?
Wet
A palm
115. The teacher asked the two girls who looked exactly like the
following questions: a.) Are you from the same family? b.) Do you have
the same parents? c.) Were you born on the same day? They answered
truthfully “yes” to those questions, and yet told the truth when they
indicated they were not twins. How can this be?
116. A woman pushes her car to a hotel and then proceeds to tell the
owner that she is bankrupt. Why?
She is playing Monopoly
117. If Mr Smith’s peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones’ yard, who owns the
egg?
118. A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom
rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the
tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until
three rungs are covered?
119. A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and
passes at least ten cops. Why is he not caught?
120. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half
hour, how long would it take before all the pills had been taken?
1 hour! Take the 1st pill right away, half an hour later take the 2nd and half an
hour after that the 3rd.
121. Name the most recent year in which New Year’s came before
Christmas.
This year. New Year’s always comes before Christmas of the same year.
124. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest
mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
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