Trick Questions
If you threw a red stone into a green sea, what would it come back as?
Wet.
How many 6” by 6” books can you put in a (2ft x 2ft) container, so that it is not empty anymore?
One, after that, it is no longer empty.
What is at the end of a rainbow?
"w".
What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but isn’t living?
A glove.
How could Tom go outside into the pouring rain without a hat or any protection, and yet not have a hair on his head get wet?
Tom was bald.
How do you make the number one disappear?
Add the letter “g” to the front and it’s gone.
What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
What’s the best way to drop an egg on a concrete floor without cracking it?
Just drop it. The egg will likely crack, but the floor won’t.
On which side of a chicken are there more feathers?
The outside.
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?
Nowhere, electric trains don't have smoke.
What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole.
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm.
What wants to be answered but never has a question?
A doorbell.
What always ends everything?
The letter “g.”
What goes up and down but still remains in the same place?
Stairs.
What two words in combination hold the most letters?
Post and Office.
Some months have 31 days, and others have 30 days. How many have 28 days?
All 12 of them do.
Four Football players stood under an umbrella. How did they not get wet?
It wasn't raining.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
11 letters are in “the alphabet.”
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once. The next time you’d be subtracting 10 from 90.
You have two coins that add up to 30 cents, and one of them is not a quarter. Which two coins are they?
A quarter and a nickel – one is not a quarter, but one is.
Which word in the dictionary is nearly always spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.
The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer doesn’t use it, and the user doesn’t see it. What is it?
A coffin.
What coat goes on best wet?
A coat of paint.
Which president is on the U.S. $100 bill?
There isn’t one. Benjamin Franklin was never the president.