Funny quizzes and riddles that get everyone excited in high school
On your way to school, between study sessions, or during breaks—there are times when you have just a little time to kill, right?
In this article, we’ve collected fun quizzes and riddles you can use to pass the time.
Calling them “riddles” might sound a bit childish…
but some of them are actually tough even for adults.
You can tackle them on your own, or think up answers and quiz each other with friends—perfect for killing time!
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Fun quizzes and riddles that will liven up high school (11–20)
Fashion & Beauty Quiz
How about trying a slightly niche and biased quiz—one focused on beauty and fashion? You might think women have the upper hand with makeup and such, but this is the Reiwa era: men enjoy makeup too, so women aren’t necessarily stronger.
Why not mix it up with basic questions on classic, long-standing fashion and makeup terms, along with styling and color questions that follow recent trends? Even those who aren’t familiar with makeup or fashion will surely learn something.
Shape Quiz
Here are 10 shape quizzes that also serve as brain teasers.
They’re said to help you develop flexible and logical thinking.
If you balance a partial perspective with a holistic one, you’ll likely get closer to the correct answers.
Give them a try!
FBI Psychological Test
This is a psychological test said to have been used by the FBI.
You answer how you would act in each situation, and from that you can learn what traits may be hidden within you.
Doesn’t the phrase “used by the FBI” alone make you curious about what kinds of questions they are?
Dining-out Chain Quiz
One of the hangout spots for high schoolers after club activities is chain restaurants like McDonald’s or Gusto, right? Personally, I love Saizeriya—I could eat that doria forever! How about turning everyone’s favorite chains into a quiz for fun? For example: “Which restaurant serves the Pine Hamburg Dish?” The answer is “Bikkuri Donkey.” “Which chain’s burger is the Roast Katsu Burger?” The answer is “MOS Burger.” When it comes to favorite menu items, everyone knows a lot, don’t they? Before long, the conversation will probably heat up with takes like “I prefer McDonald’s fries over Lotteria’s,” and so on!
A trick question that reveals how smart you are
Smart people look at things from a broad perspective and think flexibly to arrive at answers, right? This set of trick questions is designed to reveal that kind of intelligence.
Once you hear the answers, they may seem surprisingly simple, but if your thinking is rigid, you might rely on assumptions and preconceptions, imagine the wrong thing, and get it wrong.
Try tackling them on your own first, then quiz your friends.
The answers are full of surprises, so they make great conversation starters! It’s perfect for everyone to enjoy together during breaks or after school, and I highly recommend it.
Proverb Quiz
Many traditional proverbs resonate like lessons learned, don’t they? This time, it’s a quiz based on such proverbs.
It’s a fill-in-the-blank exercise with hints, so give it a try! You might even find some where you know the words but didn’t know the meaning.
Historical Figures Quiz
You know those “Who am I?” quizzes for little kids, right? For example: hint—“I’m round, I have a little sister, I’m blue, and I hate mice,” with the answer being “Doraemon.” If you switch that format to historical figures, you can study while having fun—two birds with one stone! If you’re taking Japanese history or world history for exams, how about holding a regular quiz session? Let’s liven things up for just ten minutes after school when everyone can gather.
If you’re busy with clubs or cram school, try finding quiz videos online and enjoy them there!
difficult/obscure kanji
Many high school students take on the Kanji Kentei as part of their exam prep, right? It’s often said that the kanji level for the Japanese section of the Common Test for University Admissions is about Kanken Level 2, so if you’ve passed Level 2, you should be fine with the kanji questions.
By the way, in Kanken Level 1 you even have to write words like “pineapple” and “pyramid” in kanji.
As a bit of study practice, let’s try tackling some difficult-to-read kanji! If everyone can enjoy studying kanji together, it won’t feel like a chore.
Please have fun with this during those short moments before class starts.
You could even write them on the blackboard and have everyone think about them.
10 tricky quiz questions that will annoy you if you can’t solve them
This is a collection of tricky questions that most people are likely to get caught by.
They’re not easy to solve unless you think quickly and have a flexible mind, so it seems perfect for having a lively, fun time checking answers together with friends.
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A wide variety of quizzes are introduced, ranging from simple spot-the-difference puzzles to trick questions that make you want to huff once you realize the answer.
Some of them take advantage of how the human brain works and its habits, and after the questions are over, revealing “Here’s the mechanism behind it” can spark conversation.
By sharing quizzes that don’t just ask questions but also increase fun facts and trivia, you might get even closer with your friends!
