[For Seniors] The 10-Time Quiz That’ll Trip You Up! A Collection of Hilarious, Sure-to-Make-You-Laugh Questions

temple

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after participants repeat the word “ninja” ten times, they’ll end up answering “shrine” to the question, “Where are monks?”

child (son/daughter)

This quiz is a trick question designed so that, after saying “goma” ten times, when asked “Who are the children of a grandfather and grandmother?”, participants are tempted to answer “children” by mistake.

Delicious grilled fish

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after participants say “takoyaki” ten times, they’ll be prompted with “What if you grill a sea bream?” and end up blurting out “taiyaki.”

Washington, D.C.

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after participants repeat the word “bath” ten times, they’re then asked, “What is the capital of the United States?” and end up answering “New York” by mistake.

roof

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after participants say “tenchō” (store manager) ten times, they’re asked, “What’s at the very top of a house?” and end up answering “tenjō” (ceiling) by mistake. Repeating “tenchō” imprints the sound “ten” in the brain. Immediately after hearing the phrase “the very top of a house,” many people reflexively associate “ten” with “tenjō” (ceiling). However, in terms of a house’s structure, the correct answer is the roof. The ceiling refers to the upper interior surface of a house, not the highest part on the outside.

runny nose

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after making the participant say “mimikuso” ten times, you then ask, “What drips from the nose?” prompting them to blurt out “hanakuso” by mistake.

childbirth

This quiz is a trick question designed so that after saying “ninjin” (carrot) ten times, when asked “What do you call it when a baby is born?”, participants are inclined to answer “ninshin” (pregnancy). By repeating “ninjin,” the sound “nin” gets imprinted in the brain, so when the immediate follow-up question “What is it called when a baby is born?” is asked, the word “ninshin” naturally comes to mind more easily.