35 Tricky Questions for Kids (with Answers)

Childhood is a vital stage that is often identified with innocence and the discovery of the world. As we grow we learn more and more, and we can reflect on aspects of which we are not aware in childhood.

Now, sometimes we can find situations or even expressions that make us make mistakes regardless of age. This is what happens with leading questions, which are designed so that by being apparently easy, the person responds automatically without realizing that said automatism leads to error.

It is also something that can help us think and that can be entertaining, although it is usually advisable to take into account the capacities of the person in question in order to adapt them and make them understandable (an adult does not have the same as a child of seven years).

Throughout this article we are going to present you a series of Tricky questions for children to make them think and reflect, at the same time that we induce them to realize the mistakes we make when quickly processing the information and that finally they can be a pleasant way to pass the time, in a similar way to the riddles.

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Tricky Questions for Kids, with Answers

Next we will see a total of 35 leading questions of different kinds and which are suitable for children of different ages, as long as they have a sufficient evolutionary level to understand the concepts that are being talked about and why the question in question is misleading.

1. How many months have 28 days?

This trick question is well known. The catch is that the first thing we think of is February, the only month that can be only 28 days old.

Now, what is asked is not that, but how many months have 28 days. And the correct answer is… all twelve, that is, all. From January to December, all the months on our calendar have at least 28 days.

2. What can you find in the middle of each month?

The first thing that most people will start to think about after this question is some kind of event or event that may happen once a month. However, the answer to this question is simpler and more literal than all that: what we can find in the middle of each month is the letter "e".

3. A is the father of B, but B is not the son of A. Who is B?

This question may surprise us and leave us unanswered. But in reality the explanation is relatively simple: A is the father of a girl, who is the daughter (and not the son) of B.

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4. What is the correct way to write "sleeping"?

Although most will think of the letters that make up the word, in reality what we need to be able to write that word is, simply... to be awake.

5. What color are the sleeves of Eduardo's red vest?

Maybe the first idea that comes to mind is to answer red but... in reality the vests do not have sleeves.

6. How can someone go without sleep for ten days and not be sleepy?

The answer to this riddle is… sleeping at night.

7. What is a tailor weighing 80 kg?

An adult or older child will try to think of some way to calculate what the tailor's height may be, but the truth is that what a tailor measures is nothing other than fabrics, in his trade. In fact, a young child is likely to be able to answer this question more easily than an adult.

8. Clara's father has 5 daughters: Jana, Jena, Jina, Jona and…

Possibly the first thing that comes to mind is continuing the series with Juna. But actually... in the statement itself we are saying who the fifth daughter is: Clara.

9. What is it that even if it is said it cannot be heard?

Leading questions do not necessarily have to be dedicated to getting the wrong answers, but also they can lead to confusion by being the confusing and counterintuitive statement of questions without an obvious answer. This is the case, in which the correct answer is silence.

10. What goes up and down but always stays in the same place?

The impression of movement that this phrase exudes can seem confusing and leave us without a clear answer. But it does: stairs.

11. What comes before anything?

A trick question in which the question is difficult to understand. Unless we notice that "you're welcome" is an expression that is usually preceded by "Thank you." This is one of the simplest trick questions for kids, and that's why it's funny.

12. Why do divers jump from a boat on their back?

Even if technically we could extract different answers to this question, the simplest explanation is to assess what would happen if they jumped head-on: they would throw themselves to the floor of the boat.

13. What do they call an elevator in China?

We do not need to know the language to know how to do it: like the rest of the world, to call an elevator in China all you have to do is press the button.

14. Paris begins with P, and ends with ???

The correct answer is not the s for Paris... but what letter the word begins with. That is, the correct answer is that it ends with t.

15. What is the bird that has the most letters on it?

This question is only meaningful if it is asked orally. In that case we don't need to start thinking of bird names to answer this question, because the bird (rather “abe”) with more letters in it is none other than the alphabet.

16. What is the first thing an elephant does when the sun rises?

Although their behaviors may be many, what this question intends is not to talk about these but about what the elephant causes or generates when the light reaches it. The answer to this question: shadow.

17. If a family has two daughters, two mothers, a grandmother, and a granddaughter, how many people make up this family?

Although it seems that there are many people involved, in reality there are three women: two are mothers, one of them the grandmother of her daughter's daughter. Thus, we would have two mothers (the grandmother and the mother), two daughters (the daughter and mother and the daughter and granddaughter), a grandmother and a granddaughter.

18. What animal is always full?

The answer to this riddle is none other than the whale.

19. How many animals did Moses put into the Ark?

The first thing that can occur to us is to begin to imagine how many species of animals were put into the ark. However, it is necessary to realize that in reality, who put animals in the Ark was Noah and not Moses. The answer is none.

20. If I have ten fish in the tank and three drown… how many fish do I have?

We will still have ten fish left, since on the one hand a fish should not drown in water and on the other we have not said that the fish we count have to be alive.

21. What always comes and never comes?

Although this question is more likely to be answered by an older child, adolescent, or adult, the answer to this question would be tomorrow or the future, as never there will be a time when the future ceases to be further ahead: what is now future will then be present and later there will be another future (or another day in the case of tomorrow).

22. Where can we find a sea without water?

The only place where we can find a sea, or even an ocean, without any kind of water... it's a map.

23. How can a child kick a ball three meters and then come back alone?

The catch here is that most will think of a forward kick and try to figure out how the ball can return. But actually kicking up is also possible, something that will bring the ball back down to its starting position.

24. If a rooster lays an egg on top of a steeple… which way will it fall?

For many factors that we try to put to calculate where it will fall, the truth is that the correct answer is that towards none: roosters do not lay eggs.

25. If someone lives in Spain, why can't he be buried in Canada?

It is not for any kind of political issue; the main reason is the fact that we just said that this person... lives.

26. What is it that has a face, but he does not have a body?

We are not talking about any kind of living being, but about a coin.

27. What is an ear?

This question only makes sense if it is done orally, not so much in writing. The answer to this question does not necessarily go through citing one of the sense organs, but that in this case we are talking about a "horeja", that is to say that the answer would be sixty "minutejos".

28. Who is the only person who has never lost a soccer game?

They are not the players, they are not the fans, nor the technical team. The only person who never loses whatever the outcome of the match is the referee.

29. What is a barrel filled with so that it weighs less?

This can be difficult for a child to answer, and even for an adult. Whatever we put in the barrel, the weight will increase. The only thing we can fill them with so that they weigh less is holes.

30. What is the longest day of the week?

Every day is just as long when it comes to time. But when it comes to word length, the longest day is Wednesday. It is another example of leading questions for children that are based on the properties of language.

31. What were the ninja turtles called?

Although children today may not remember or have never seen them, in fact you do not need to know the names to answer the question. Simply, the answer is that they called each other on the phone.

32. Why can't a Tyrannosaurus Rex clap?

The answer to this question is to remember a simple fact: we are talking about an extinct animal.

33. What weighs more: a kilo of feathers or a kilo of lead?

The answer to this question is simple: both weigh the same regardless of material.

34. If during a race you overtake whoever is second, what position are you in?

The first thing most people would automatically say, including adults, would be that we would be first. Now, if we advance to the second, in reality we will only be assuming the position that it had: we will therefore be in second position.

35. Before Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

The fact that we had not discovered it does not make Mount Everest cease to be the highest emerged mountain in the world. The answer is that it is still Mount Everest.

Bibliographic references:

• Zornado, Joseph L. (2001). Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology, and the Story of Childhood. New York: Garland.