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Fun for adults too! Trick questions for elementary school kids

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.

Elementary school children are in a phase of strong curiosity.

As they move up through the grades, their ability to understand humor grows rapidly.

They value communication with friends and sometimes think from their own unique perspectives.

Here, we introduce fun trick quizzes for elementary schoolers that make the most of these traits! The questions are simple, but they can draw out unexpected answers and unique ways of thinking.

There are plenty of quizzes that adults can enjoy too, so kids and grown-ups alike can think together, laugh, and have a great time!

Fun for adults too! Trick questions for elementary schoolers (1–10)

What part of speech is “strawberry”?

If you’re asked what language “strawberry” is, you’d naturally say English.

But this is a trick question! The answer isn’t English.

So what is it? To solve it, you need to realize it’s a trick and notice that the “go” in “nani go” (“what language”) is written in hiragana, not the kanji for “language.” And what does “strawberry” actually refer to in the first place? Once you see that, you’ll reach the answer! It’s a question that tends to be swayed by your knowledge, but a child might answer it in an instant.

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What is something you can see but can’t touch?

Something you can see but can’t touch… Huh? A ghost? That might be the kind of answer you’d think of, but that’s not it.

Don’t worry, it’s not a scary question—feel free to give it a try.

The answer to this riddle is something unique to elementary schoolers, or rather, it even comes up in lower grades’ classes.

If you have a flash of insight, even a first-grader could solve it.

The hint: it’s something you can usually find in a classroom or a room.

Try solving it while thinking, “What is it that I’m always looking at?” The answer is “time.” You can see it, but since it isn’t a physical object like a clock, you can’t touch it—that’s the trick.

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What is something you can move easily but can never lift?

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What is something you can’t lift? Riddle
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When you hear that something is easy to move, you probably imagine something small or light that’s easy to carry.

But in this riddle, it says it’s something you absolutely can’t lift.

What could it be? First, think of something you can move yourself.

It’s something everyone has, and even if you go outside with nothing but the clothes on your back, it naturally follows you.

Among those, think of something you can’t lift.

The answer is “your shadow”! You can easily make it move by moving yourself, but you can’t hold it in your hand, so you can never lift it.

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Fun for adults too! Trick Questions for Elementary School Kids (11–20)

The grandson played with a ball with his grandpa. What did they do?

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The grandson played with a ball with his grandpa. What did they do?

The key to solving this puzzle is to think of a different way to say “ojīchan” (grandpa).

So, what word could you replace “ojīchan” with? If something immediately comes to mind, try connecting that word to a scene where he’s playing with his grandchild using a ball.

If you do that, the answer should naturally reveal itself.

If you know lots of ball games, you might also try thinking from the types of ball games.

The answer is a fairly mainstream ball sport, so you might have an “aha!” moment that leads you to the correct answer.

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When is honey sweet?

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Translation Trick quiz Igossou
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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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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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What is something that doesn’t decrease no matter what you eat?

What is something that doesn’t get smaller no matter what you eat? Right now, all sorts of foods are probably popping into your mind: rice balls, sandwiches, apples, tangerines, sweets… There are so many edible things, but once you eat them, they’re gone, right? In other words, if you focus on the food when thinking about this question, you won’t get the right answer.

It’s a trick question, so you need to look at it from a slightly different angle.

The correct answer is “your mouth.” It certainly eats anything, but it’s the food that diminishes—the mouth doesn’t get smaller!

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