Loosen up your mind! Boost creativity with lateral thinking quizzes for elementary school students

Because I'm short and couldn't reach the button for the 12th floor.

If you try to answer based only on the problem statement, you might end up heading in the wrong direction, right? The reason they got off on the 7th floor was because they couldn’t reach the button for the 12th floor. Maybe the person who got in the elevator and tried to press the button was a small child. Imagining that scene feels heartwarming. Asking a question that reveals the person is short might get you closer to the correct answer.

When you write 'alphabet' in English, the last letter is 't'.

The alphabet starts with A, right? But the last letter isn’t Z—it’s “t.” If you hear the answer without figuring it out, you might wonder “why?” In English, “alphabet” is spelled “alphabet.” It begins with A, but the last letter is “t.” The key seems to be the idea of transforming words and asking questions that lead you to the answer.

Because I was told about the dirt on my face when there was no mirror

The “bad part” is “the dirt on one’s own face.” The child, who hadn’t noticed because there was no mirror, was grateful to the teacher for pointing out the dirt—an example of a shift in perspective. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, it’s good to pay attention to daily grooming. It’s also a question where “having the doctor find what’s wrong” should be accepted as correct!

It was a calendar with the schedule written on it, and it happened to be right when the month was changing.

If you tear up a sheet of paper with school events written on it, your parents would probably get angry, right? But sometimes you won’t get scolded. One type of paper that’s okay to tear is a calendar. When the month or date changes, you switch to the next month or day, don’t you? Far from getting angry, they might even praise you for tearing off the calendar page and say, “Thanks, that was thoughtful.”

Because it was so hot every day, I ended up drinking (without thinking).

I had stocked up on sparkling water for emergencies and put it in the fridge, so with the hot days continuing, I ended up drinking it all. It’s the same with the chocolate and hardtack I’d stored—I can’t help wanting to eat them. I’ve heard that sweet biscuits and cookies are good for stockpiling because they’re high in calories and compact. Does everyone keep a stockpile of food at home?