Trick questions
How many letters are in the alphabet?
11
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
If seven adults can eat seven cupcakes in seven minutes, how long would it take 30 adults to eat 30 cupcakes?
Seven minutes; one adult takes seven minutes to eat a cupcake
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
If you build a fort, drive a Ford, and fill out a form, then what do you eat soup with?
A spoon
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What is the answer to this question?
“What”
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
You have two coins that equal 30 cents, and one of them is not a quarter. Which coins do you have?
A quarter and a nickel (the nickel is the one that isn’t a quarter)
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
f Mrs. Smith’s rooster lays an egg in Mr. Brown’s yard, who owns the egg?
No one; roosters don’t lay eggs
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
If the assistant captain of a sports team were to die, who would lead the team?
The captain
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Some months have eight letters in their name, whereas others have five. How many have three?
They all do
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
If there are eight oranges in a bag and you take away two, how many do you have?
Two
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What has five fingers but isn’t a hand?
A glove
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word