Fun trick riddles you can enjoy in elementary school!

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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 very curious stage.

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 perspective.

Here, we introduce trick questions that make the most of those traits and can be enjoyed in elementary school! The questions are simple, but they can draw out surprising answers and original thinking.

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

Fun Trick Riddles for Elementary School! (31–40)

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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There are 5 candies. If you lick one, how many are there?

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It seems like a question that would trip up adults more than children.

When you read the problem statement, you instinctively want to treat it like an arithmetic problem and think, “5 – 1 = 4, so the answer is 4!” But remember, it’s a trick question.

The hint to solving it is that the candy wasn’t given to someone else, nor did it disappear.

If you think about how many candies you have after you lick one, you should arrive at the correct answer.

An elementary school student with a flexible mind might solve it right away!

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In conclusion

How was it? We introduced a variety of trick riddles that elementary school children can enjoy.

From simple and funny ones to brain teasers, we gathered riddles that kids from lower to upper grades can think through together.

Some are tough even for adults! Be sure to think them over with friends or family and enjoy the time spent finding the answers.