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Most kids are quite inquisitive in their learning years. Trick questions for kids can help them develop a fun yet intellectual hobby. It also helps them think out of the box, improves their problem-solving abilities, and keeps them engaged for a long time. Additionally, you get to spend some quality time with them that can strengthen your bond with your little one.
Katey, a blogger and teacher, shares her experience as a middle school teacher when students eagerly looked forward to participating in intriguing riddles. She shares, “When I was a middle school teacher, I used to have a classroom rule that if there were thunderstorms during class on a Friday, we would scrap the lesson plan for that class and instead do riddles. Every Friday, my kids would scan the sky anxiously, looking for thunderclouds. On the Fridays that it actually stormed, they were so excited they could hardly sit still (i)!”
We’ve compiled a list of some fun trick questions for kids to help them enhance their creative and critical thinking skills. Do not reveal the answers immediately; instead, encourage them to think and guess.
200 Trick Questions For Kids
1. I am full of holes, but I can hold water. Who am I?
Sponge
2. What has many keys but can’t open a door?
Piano
3. What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow
4. I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?
A kite
5. Take away my first letter and I remain the same. Take away my last letter and I remain unchanged. Remove all my letters and I’m still me. What am I?
A Postman
6. He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five, and an inhabitant of the earth has six. What am I?
A syllable
7. When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?
Military time
8. A man notices that his pant pockets are empty. But there is still something to it. What could it be?
A hole
9. What is it the more you take, the larger it becomes?
A hole
10. What cant be used until it is broken?
A Coconut
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11. What is the end to which we all like to come?
Dividend
12. A blue house has blue bricks; a yellow house has yellow bricks. What is a green house made of?
Glass
13. 5 5 5 5 5 – Add a symbol somewhere in this row of fives to make an equation equaling 500.
555-55=500
14. What type of dress can never be worn?
Address
15. What has one eye but cannot see?
A needle
16. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A secret
17. There are five sisters in the room. Ann is reading a book, Margaret is cooking, Kate is playing chess, Marie is doing laundry. What is the 5th sister doing?
Playing chess with Kate.
18. I’m where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?
Dictionary
19. You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?
History
20. What is a Tornado’s favorite game?
Twister
21. What gets wet while drying?
Towel
22. What is a seven letter word that contains thousands of letters?
Mailbox
23. What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?
Silence
24. What are the two things that we can’t eat before breakfast?
Lunch and dinner
25. What can be broken but never held?
A promise
26. What is it that lives if it is fed and dies if you give it a drink?
A fire
27. What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
Incorrectly
28. What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
A telephone
29. What can one catch that is not thrown?
A cold
30. What goes up but never ever comes down?
Age
31. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?
An envelope
32. If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
Survivors are never buried
33. If it takes eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men?
Nothing. The wall is already built
34. How can you go 25 days without sleep?
Sleep in the night.
35. If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
The four you took
36. How do you make the number one disappear?
Add a ‘G,’ and it’s gone!
37. What’s greater than God and more evil than the devil? Rich people want it, and poor people have it. And if you eat it, you’ll die?
Nothing
38. It can be cracked, it can be made, it can be told, it can be played. What is it?
A joke
39. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How is that possible?
His horse is named Friday
40. If a green man lives in a greenhouse, a purple man lives in a purple house, a blue man lives in a blue house, a yellow man lives in a yellow house, a black man lives in a black house. Who lives in a White House?
The President
41. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
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42. If you sit a cup on the table facing south while you are on the north side of the table, on which side is the cup’s handle?
Outside
43. Why is the math book sad?
Because it has problems
44. I have a thousand wheels, but I do not move. Call me what I am, call me a lot.
Parking lot
45. Some are quick to take it. Others must be coaxed. Those who choose to take it gain and lose the most.
Risk
46. What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more than you?
Your name
47. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
48. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
The plate
49. What always goes to bed with its shoes on?
A horse
50. Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, a lady’s delight.
A pearl
51. I can be as thin as a picture frame, but my insides have many things you can see.
A television
52. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?
The letter M
53. What two words, when combined, hold the most letters?
Post office
54. If a monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree, who will get the banana first?
Coconut trees don’t grow bananas.
55. I have teeth but can’t eat. What am I?
A comb
56. If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how many birds are left in the tree?
None. All birds fly away
57. I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first two letters, I wear things down. Removing my first three letters is an adjective and removing my first four letters leaves a measure of time. What am I?
A sausage
58. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
59. What bird can lift the most weight?
A crane
60. What goes up as soon as the rain comes down?
An umbrella
61. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
The footprints
62. If a rooster lays an egg on top of the barn roof, which way will it roll?
Roosters do not lay eggs
63. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
You cannot because the elephant does not have hands.
64. What travels the world while stuck in one spot?
A stamp
65. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor and not crack it?
Concrete floors are hard to crack
66. What’s as big as an elephant but weighs absolutely nothing?
Elephant’s shadow
67. What word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle?
Island
68. What moves faster: heat or cold?
Heat because you can always catch a cold.
69. Forwards I’m heavy, but backward, I’m not. What am I?
A ton
70. Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, and the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?
Beth
71. If you were running a race and passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?
Second
72. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm tree
73. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A Kangaroo
74. A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son?
A daughter
75. What type of son does no parent want?
An arson
76. I am an insect, and the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I?
Beetles
Trivia77. The one who makes it sells it. The one who buys it doesn’t use it. The one who’s using it doesn’t know he’s using it. What is it?
A coffin
78. What kind of umbrella do most people carry on a rainy day?
A wet one
79. You throw me out when you need me; you bring me back when you’re done. What am I?
An anchor
80. What happens if you throw a white hat into the Black Sea?
The hat gets wet
81. To give me to someone I don’t belong to is cowardly, but to take me is noble. I can be a game, but nobody wins. What am I?
Blame
82. I have an end but no beginning, a home but no family, a space without a room. I never speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?
A keyboard
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83. If I smile, it also smiles. If I cry, it also cries. If I shout, it does nothing. What is it?
A mirror
84. He has married many women but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest
85. With pointed fangs, I sit and wait, with piercing force, I serve out fate. Grabbing bloodless victims, proclaiming my might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
86. What tastes better than it smells?
A tongue
87. I am something many people don’t enjoy having as a friend, including you. But I am called upon anytime someone is injured. I have five letters, and when my last letter is put before my first letter, I become a country. What am I?
Pains
88. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?
Wholesome
89. My voice is tender, my waist is slender, and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go, I must take my bow, or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
A violin
90. I’m in cooper but not in a dog. I’m in percent but not in money. What am I?
Letter C
91. Shoot at me a thousand times, and I may still survive; one scratch from you and me will find your prospects take a dive. What am I?
An eight ball
92. The restraining hand. It keeps us from doing horrible things, and it is hard to live with. What is it?
Guilt
93. First I am one, then I seem none, in death, I birth a new life. What’s raised exceeds me, for, on bent knees, I add to a world that’s rife. What am I?
A seed
94. Tires a horse, worries a man. Tell me this riddle if you can.
A saddle
95. What runs around the yard without moving?
A fence
96. What happens when you throw a blue rock into the yellow sea?
It sinks
97. Four feet, jagged teeth. Fleet of movement, water, and land. I have no mood; to me you’re food as I drag you under.
Alligator
98. Where is 11+2=1?
In watches
99. I’m that which is seen only in darkness. Swiftest of all, and near as old as time; Day’s distant brother; fire and faintness, I light without shadow – can you solve this rhyme?
A starlight
100. What can’t you see that is always before you?
The future
101. What is gold when old and silver when new, hard to find but easy to lose, cost a lot, but it’s free?
A friend
102. In my life, I die twice, once wrapped in silk, once covered in dust.
A caterpillar
103. Which popular cheese is made backward?
Edam
104. How can you physically stand behind your friend as he physically stands behind you?
Back to back
105. Poorly behaved children often find themselves sitting in these.
Corners
106. I cover what is real and hide what is true. But sometimes, I bring out the courage in you. What am I?
A makeup
107. Which bow can’t be tied?
Rainbow
108. A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three. Break the walls, eat the borders, then throw me away. What am I?
A peanut
109. I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord.
Beads
110. I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You can not express happiness without me, yet I am amid crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of the darkness.
The letter S
111. A natural state, I’m sought by all. Go with me, and you shall fall. You do me when you spend, and you use me when you eat to no end. What am I?
Balance
112. I am rather large and usually majestic. I am every hue of the rainbow. I can eat you, I may heat you. You only wish you could see me. What am I?
Dragon
113. Slowly stretching my arms, I rise and move towards warmth. Bursting in colors, my sisters and I. What are we?
Flowers
114. Although I’m far from the point, I’m not a mistake. I fix yours. What am I?
An eraser
115. What ship has no captain but two mates?
Courtship
116. Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?
A doll
117. We are emeralds and diamonds, lost by the moon, found by the sun, and picked up soon.
Dew
118. I cannot be felt, seen, or touched; tet I can be found in everybody. My existence is always in debate, yet there is a style of music named after me.
Soul
119. What is bought by the yard is worn by the foot?
Carpet
120. He’s small, but he can climb a tower.
An ant
121. Ten men’s strength, ten men’s length, ten men can’t break it, yet a young boy walks off with it. What am I?
A rope
122.
What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
Letter V
123. I am nothing but holes tied to holes, yet I am strong as iron.
A chain
124. I work hard almost every day, not much time to dance and play. If I could reach what I desire, all like me would now retire. What am I?
A doctor
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125. Blow for blow, they matched each other. Neither would fall to the other. In the eyes of the crowd, they were this.
Equal
126. What kind of street does a ghost like?
Deadend
127. A deep well full of knives.
Mouth
128. You can have it, and be at it, nut it never lasts forever.
Peace
Did you know?129. I have lasted many years and still feel young. I have endured depressions, recessions, and even millenniums. I’m richer than the richest of men. You can visit me, but not my owners. I’ve been shown on TV, and I can take and give you what is yours, but only if you ask me to. So tell me who or what I am?
A bank
130. Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
131. Mrs. Brown has five daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?
Six
132. You can only have it once you have given it.
Respect
133. Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?
Echo
134. Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes!
A drum
135. I went to the woods and got it when I got it. I didn’t want it, looked for it, couldn’t find it, so I took it home.
A splinter
136. What always ends everything?
Letter G
137. What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?
Night and day
138. I’m so simple I only point, yet I guide people all over the world. What am I?
A compass
139. Armless, legless, I crawl around when I’m young. Then the time for changing sleep will come. I will awake like a newborn, flying beast,’ till then on the remains of the dead I feast.
Maggots
140. I sit in parliament. You’ll only see me at night. What am I?
An owl
141. What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
142. My step is slow, the snow’s my breath. I give the ground a grinding. My marching makes an end of me slain by the sun or drowned in the sea.
A glacier
143. I am one of many, you forget I’m here, but I’m just below without me, you’d surely topple. Go ahead, what am I?
Toes
144. I go in dry and come out wet; the longer I’m in, the stronger I get. What am I?
A teabag
145. What’s the difference between a well-dressed man on a bicycle and a poorly-dressed man on a tricycle?
A tire
146. I am born in fear, raised in the truth, and I come to my own in deed. When comes a time that I’m called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.
Courage
147. What is all over a house?
A roof
148. Which two numbers come out the same whether you multiply or add them together?
2 x 2 = 4, 2 + 2 = 4
149. I saw a man in white; he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Who could he be? Please answer me.
A snowman
150. My first is in the wield, sever bones and marrow. My second is in the blade, forged in cold steel. My third is in arbalest, and also in arrows. My fourth is in power, plunged through a shield. My fifth is in honor, and also in vows. My last will put an end to it all.
A weapon
151. Not born, but from a Mother’s body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?
Cheese
152. The captain took a bath without his belly getting wet.
Canoe
153. What kind of room doesn’t have physical walls?
A chat room
154. I have no life, but I can die, what am I?
A battery
155. April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims
156. Break it and it is better, immediately set, and harder to break again.
A record
157. If you have me, you want to tell me. If you tell me, you don’t have me.
A secret
158. Born of sorrow, grows with age, you need a lot to be a sage. What is it?
Wisdom
159. There are two meanings to me. With one, I may need to be broken. With the other, I hold on. My favorite characteristic is my charming dimple. What am I?
A tie
160. You can easily touch me but not see me. You can throw me out, but not away. What am I?
Your back
161. If you live in an 11-floor house and everything is green, the home, blender, toilet, elevator, ribbon, couch, computer, plates, food! You get to the 6th floor, and there are no more stairs. How did you get to the 11th floor?
The green elevator
162. To unravel me, you need a key. No key that was made by locksmith’s hand, but a key that only I will understand. What am I?
A cipher key
163. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank
164. Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
Letter “R”
165. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
166. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
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167. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breath
168. I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
169. What has lots of eyes but can’t see?
A potato
170. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
171. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table
172. What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
173. What has words but never speaks?
A book
174. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
A glove
175. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
176. What building has the most stories?
The library
177. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
Pack of cards
178. I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
The letter “E”
179. It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Corn
180. What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint
181. If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
182. What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two, and three
183. Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
184. Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father, and son.
185. The day before yesterday, I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31; today is January 1.
186. A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
Three: A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead
187. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
You have two apples
188. A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
189. You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?
Letter “E”
190. What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down and can still be read from left to right?
Noon
191. What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago
192. I am a three-letter word; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
Few
193. I am a word that begins with the letter “I.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
Isle
194. What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
195. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
196. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
197. People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
198. What goes through cities and fields but never moves?
A road
199. I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map
200. What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How can teachers use trick questions to challenge their students to think outside the box?
Teachers can use trick questions to initiate open ended discussions in the class and promote a positive learning environment. This method also aids in developing critical thinking skills in children. Riddles, rebus puzzles, and quizzes are effective mind games educators can use to introduce your child to trick questions.
2. What are the benefits of using trick questions to help children learn?
Trick questions are beneficial for students as they help them recall prior knowledge, explore the subject matter and initiate peer discussions.
3. What are some tips for creating effective trick questions for children?
While coming up with trick questions for children, it is important to keep their age group in mind, ensure the questions are not confusing and incorporate wordplay and puns into the questions.
4. What types of trick questions are effective for teaching kids?
Common types of trick questions for children include riddles, conundrums, word games, brain teasers, and visual and logic problems and puzzles.
5. Which age group is best suitable to learn trick questions?
The suitability of trick questions for learning depends on the individual learner and the specific educational goals. The suitable age group for learning trick questions may depend on the questions’ complexity and the learners’ abilities. Younger children, who are in early elementary school (ages 5-8), may enjoy simple trick questions that challenge their imagination and problem-solving skills, while older children (ages 9-12) may be ready for complex trick questions involving logic and reasoning skills.
Mind benders such as riddles and quiz games keep kids occupied for a long time while improving their brain functions by encouraging them to think, reason, question, and learn. These tricky questions for kids are also an excellent way to pass the time at birthday parties and family gatherings to make the event more exciting. You may also use these mental challenges to create fun quiz games that will help you spend fun and learning time with your kids. So get ready to ask these thought-provoking questions to your children and give their brains a good workout. Before you know it, they’ll start collecting their own riddles and quiz questions to share with the family.
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