trick questions for kids
Trick Questions for Kids
Have a penchant for riddles and trick questions? Here are some interesting trick questions for kids which will definitely make you roll once you get to the answers!
- What is the next alphabet in the sequence S, O, N, D, J, F, M, A, M?
Show AnswerAnswer: J for June (these are months starting from September, October, November, December till May; the next month would be June, hence, J)
- What would come after T in the sequence F, S, S, E, N, T?
Show AnswerAnswer: E (these are spellings of numbers from five, six, seven....ten. Next number after ten is eleven, hence, E)
- Some months have thirty days while others have thirty-one days? Which month has twenty-eight days?
Show AnswerAnswer: All months have twenty-eight days because that is a necessary requirement for any month to have thirty, thirty-one or more days! (I got you if you jumped up saying February!)
- Which alphabet of the English language can be drunk and served to guests?
Show AnswerAnswer: T (tea!)
- How many numbers between one and hundred have an "A" in their spelling?
Show AnswerAnswer: None (try it yourself if you don't believe me!)!
- Frank's father has four sons, three of whom are named One, Two and Three. What is the name of the fourth son?
Show AnswerAnswer: Frank (no, it isn't Four!)!
- The 22nd and the 24th US Presidents had the same parents but they were not brothers. How is that possible?
Show AnswerAnswer: The same person, Grover Cleveland, was elected twice to be the 22nd as well as the 24th US President!
- It runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps. What is it?
Show AnswerAnswer: A River!
- Divide 50 by half and add 40.
Show AnswerAnswer: 140
- A woman shoots her husband. She then puts him underwater for 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. 5 minutes later, they both go and enjoy a nice dinner. How is this possible?
Show AnswerAnswer: She is a photographer.
- Before Mt. Everest was discovered as the highest mountain in the world, which mountain was the highest?
Show AnswerAnswer: Mt. Everest. Even if no one had discovered it, Mt. Everest was the highest.
- All your cousins have a common aunt who is not your aunt. Who is she then?
Show AnswerAnswer: Your mother (she does fit in as your cousins' aunt, doesn't she?)!
- On my way to the Himalayas, I met a man with four wives. Each wife was carrying a sack and each sack had seven cats in it. Each of the seven cats had six kittens. How many living creatures, in total, were going to the Himalayas?
Show AnswerAnswer: One (only I was going to the Himalayas; all the others were those who I met on the way!)!
- Would it be ethical for a man to marry the sister of his widow?
Show AnswerAnswer: Moral or not, it would be impossible. Since he has a widow, he must be dead himself!
- How much earth is there in a hole that is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide and 8 feet deep?
Show AnswerAnswer: None (it's a hole, right?)!
- An electrician and a plumber were waiting in line for admission to the "International Home Show". One of them was the father of the other's son. How could this be possible?
Show AnswerAnswer: They were husband and wife.