Fun Quiz Collection Guaranteed to Stump and Delight Elementary School Kids

What is something you use but cannot own?

Scissors, pencils, erasers, rulers… most tools you’re familiar with are basically things you hold in your hand to use, right? So let’s try a riddle: “What can be used but cannot be held?” You might think of various tools, but you won’t easily get the right answer if you only think in terms of “objects.” First, try considering things you can use that aren’t objects.

By the way, the answer is “your name.” You use it when introducing yourself or when you want friends to know about you, but you certainly can’t “hold” it.

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What can go anywhere but doesn’t move?

Do many kids love traveling? Just going somewhere different from usual makes you feel excited, doesn’t it? So let’s try this riddle: “What can go anywhere but doesn’t move?” When you think of going anywhere, vehicles like cars, bicycles, and trains come to mind, but they all move, right? So those aren’t the answer.

If you think about something that makes you feel like you’ve gone somewhere without actually going, you might reach the answer.

The correct answer is “a map.” On a map, you can go to various countries, but the map itself doesn’t move.

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Why are there sneakers whose laces never come undone no matter how much you run around?

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Sneaker laces sometimes come undone while you’re wearing them, right? You can just retie them when they come loose, but if your hands are full, you end up walking with untied laces—your shoes feel like they’re about to slip off, and you might even trip over the laces.

A lot of people probably have those quietly annoying memories.

Here’s a quiz about lace-up sneakers! Sneakers whose laces never come undone no matter how much you run around… sounds like a dream product, doesn’t it? But in fact, kids are already wearing this dream-like item.

You might figure out the answer just by looking at your own sneakers!

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When is honey sweet?

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Honey is sweet and delicious, isn’t it? You can pour it on pancakes, add it to tea instead of sugar—there are countless dishes and products that use honey.

So let’s try a honey-themed trick quiz! When is honey sweet? “In the season when bees fly a lot?” “Does it have something to do with the number eight?” Many people might think that, but the answer is actually very simple! Just think: when do you feel it’s “sweet”? If you approach it that way, the correct answer should come to you easily!

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Today is Monday. Tomorrow is Tuesday. What day is the day after tomorrow?

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When trying to answer this question, wouldn’t most people say, “You’re supposed to answer Wednesday, but the trick is that the answer is Thursday!”? That’s what common sense suggests, right? In fact, if a small child answered that way, I’d be tempted to mark it correct—they’re being clever.

However, the answer is actually neither Wednesday nor Thursday.

The key to finding the answer is to focus on the word “asatte” in the problem statement.

Look closely: while “today” and “tomorrow” are written in kanji, “asatte” is written in hiragana… What does that imply?

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Turn a kitten upside down and it’s still a kitten. What do you get if you turn a puppy upside down?

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Let’s try a quiz about animals.

If you turn a kitten upside down, it’s still a kitten; if you turn a puppy upside down, it becomes… what? You’ll probably think, “Kitten is ‘koneko’… sure, even read backwards it’s still ‘koneko,’” and then tackle the question.

But if you follow that line of thinking, a puppy is ‘koinu,’ which can’t be read the other way around, and you’ll get stuck.

That’s when you should remember it’s a trick question.

That very line of thinking is the trick.

If you simply state the fact as it is, that’s the correct answer.

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What is the name of the old man who appears in Urashima Taro?

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Speaking of Urashima Taro, it’s known as the story where he rides a turtle to the Dragon Palace, spends what feels like only a short time there, and when he returns, many years have passed in the world he came from and not a single acquaintance remains.

It’s a beautiful yet sorrowful tale, and surely everyone, from children to adults, has read it at least once.

Now, recall the story carefully and try this challenge.

If you’re thinking, “Did Urashima Taro have a grandfather?” you won’t reach the right answer.

The hint is to remember what happened to Urashima Taro when he opened the tamatebako (jeweled box)!

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