Fun trick riddles you can enjoy in elementary school!

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

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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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 in the middle of Hokkaido?

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This is a question that those in the know will understand in an instant! Hokkaido is located at the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago.

It’s known above all for its delicious food.

Ramen, seafood, and the classic souvenir Shiroi Koibito are things many of you have probably tried at least once.

Now, here’s the key to solving the puzzle: first, forget about trying to derive the answer from knowledge like geography or shipment volumes.

You don’t need any of that—if you can read the problem statement, you can answer it.

The hint is to focus on the characters in “Hokkaido” (北海道)!

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

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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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Even though it was taken, everyone’s laughing. I wonder why.

I ended up fighting after my friend and I both tried to take it… It’s something every elementary schooler has probably experienced at least once.

Having something taken from you feels awful and makes you sad, right? So let’s try this puzzle.

Why is everyone smiling even though something was ‘taken’? The first thing to think about when solving this is the meaning of the word ‘taken’ (torareta).

It’s deliberately written in hiragana, so try converting it to kanji and imagining what situation it might describe.

The answer is: because it was a photograph.

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