A quiz that seems easy but is actually hard: trick questions that make you think flexibly
That “simple yet difficult” quality is what makes trick quizzes unique, isn’t it? If you loosen up your thinking you can solve them, but fixed ideas get in the way and it’s hard to reach the right answer.
Quizzes that hide alternative uses of everyday words or play on our assumptions become more enjoyable the more you think about them.
In this article, we’ll guide you into the world of trick quizzes that will make you exclaim, “I see!” Give it a try with a flexible mindset!
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Trick Quiz Collection Enjoyable for Children and Adults (11–20)
Which is bigger, an elementary school or an adult?
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elementary school
Between an elementary school and an adult, we tend to think the younger elementary school would be smaller and the adult would be bigger. However, in this riddle, we must see the elementary school not as a person but as a building. From that perspective, the elementary school, being a building, is larger than an adult. Therefore, the answer is “elementary school.”
Why is it that we were able to make ten sheets out of a single sheet without cutting it?
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Because I exchanged money.
With ordinary paper, you can’t split it into ten pieces without cutting it with scissors. But if that paper were a 10,000-yen bill, you could exchange it and split it into ten 1,000-yen bills! By using your imagination about what kind of “paper” is being divided into ten, you can find the answer.
What starts out thick but becomes thin when used?
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toilet paper
Things get smaller or older the more you use them, right? But when you think about something that gets thinner... it might be hard to come up with an answer. Try expanding your ideas: places you often go, things you use there, and so on! Once you figure it out, this is a riddle that will leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling.
What is something that gets put in a bin but can’t be taken out?
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crack
When a crack forms in a bottle, we say it’s “cracked,” right? The answer to this quiz uses that expression. Instead of focusing on what’s inside the bottle, the key to finding the answer is to look more broadly at the bottle’s condition.
What was the first creature Momotaro encountered?
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human being
The wording “living creature” in the problem statement is awfully tricky, isn’t it? When we hear “living creature,” we tend to focus on animals, but humans are living creatures too. If you think about it that way, you meet the old man and the old woman before the dog or the monkey, don’t you?