Trick Questions and Answers

Trick questions and answers have always been an integral part of fun and excitement. No matter how tricky and hard the questions are, people try their best to get to the apt answer. Some people who are able to 'grill' their heads and give out the right answers feel themselves to be like great 'Einsteins'! For those who 'beat around all bushes' but still do not make it, have their usual statements ready as, 'Oh! I thought it was the other way round. You should have put the question clearly mate!' or 'Come on now, your question was confusing!'

Playing with all different kinds of trick questions and answers require some smart and creative thinking and it's great fun. Trust me! So without making any further delay, let's get down to our funny trick questions and answers. For kids, here are some funny riddles to enjoy.

Before I begin the list, let me give the answers to the first two riddles which were asked at the very beginning. The first was, 'What walks on four in spring, two in summer and three in winter?' Here's the answer. Spring denotes the early childhood of a man. During that time, he is a baby and crawls - meaning he walks on four legs! Adulthood is analogous to summer and so the baby becomes a man and walks on two. Finally, winter falls when the man starts becoming old and as you know, most elderly people need the aid of a stick to walk and hence they walk on 'three' legs!

Coming to the second question as to what is it which is yours and you do not use, but others always do?...The answer is your 'name'! Amazed? If not, then you will be, after you come to know about some more tricky questions which follow. Read the questions carefully and try to get the answer and check if you have hit the bull's eye!

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Try your answers for each trick question before clicking the "Show Answer" link. I am sure you will have fun answering them!

1. There are sixty cups on a table. If one falls down, then how many remain?
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   Seems quite easy and obvious right? On being verbally asked, you will think that the answer is 59! But is it? Read or 'hear' the question once more and carefully! There are 'sixty cups' (six-tea-cups) on the table. So if one falls down then 5 tea cups will remain!
2. In a year, some months have 30 days, while some have 31. Guess, which month has 28 days?
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   All months have 28 days!
3. Bob and Tom started a journey from their home at the same time. Bob drives his car with a speed of 60 km/h and Tom goes with a speed of 37.2822715 miles per hour? Bob reaches his destination at 6 a.m. in the morning. At what time should we expect Tom to reach? (Note : assume that it's an ideal situation without any traffic and other hindrances.)
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   Tom will also reach at the same time, as 60 km/h when converted into miles per hour, is equal to 37.2822715 miles per hour.
4. There is a river. On one side (say side A) a man is standing with a tiger, a goat and a bunch of grass. The man has to transport each of them to the other side (say side B) of the river on a boat. Now the boat can carry one item at a time along with the man. How will he do it? Remember that the tiger can kill the goat if not attended by the man and the goat can eat the grass, when left alone...
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   The man would have to carry the goat first and keep it on the other side (side B) of the river, as the tiger will 'definitely' not eat the grass, even if left alone on side A. After having done this, he will come back from side B, take the tiger from side A along with him and put it on side B. Now while coming back again from side B, he will again carry the goat with him. This is because of the fact that if it is left alone on side B with the tiger, it will be killed. So, he will bring it back to side A, keep it and carry the grass to side B. Now, when he finally returns, he will carry the goat from side A to side B. All are safe and the job is done! It may be a little confusing, but ponder and you will get hold of it!
5. This is one among some of the most funny trick questions and answers, I have ever heard. It goes like this. Garfield is walking on a road and suddenly the road detours. What would Garfield do?
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   There's nothing much to do. Garfield will take the detour, as he has no other way to go!
6. Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth?
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   Fifty? Well no! It's Larry! (Larry is the fifth son).
7. This one is also my favorite among all tricky questions and answers. Imagine yourself driving on a highway on a windy day. Suddenly you notice some people standing by the side of the road, and you slow down. You learn that the people include your best friend, an ailing old lady and your dream girl. Now, the ailing lady is dying and requires immediate medical help. In another case you are getting only one chance to spend a day with your dream girl, and of course you can't leave your best friend. So what would you do in order to help the lady to reach the hospital? Remember, that your car can carry 'ONLY TWO' people (the driver and one passenger).
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   Seems quite tricky right? Here is the answer...You ask your best friend to drive the lady to a hospital and then you spend a day with your dream girl! How's that?
8. You have a cup placed on a table. You are pointing towards the North and the cup is facing towards the South. On which side is the cup's handle?
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   No matter in which position the cup is, its handle will always be on the outside!
9. What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?
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   Stairs!
10. Complete the series. 9 = 4, 21 = 9, 22 = 9, 24 = 10, 8 = 5, 7 = 5, 99 = 10, 100 = 7, 16 = ?, 17 = ?
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    16 = 7 and 17 = 9 [The number of letters in the spelling of 16 (sixteen) is 7 and that of 17 (seventeen) is 9]
    
11. You have 20 apples in a basket. 20 children come to you and each one of them ask for an apple. You want to give all the apples to each one of them, but still keep one inside the basket? How will you do it?
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    Give all the 19 apples to each one of them and give the basket to the last child with the apple still inside it.
12. Which letter of the English alphabet flies, sings and stings?
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    'B' (bee).
13. Name all the numbers from 1 - 100, which have the letter 'A' in their spellings?
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    None! If you do not believe, try writing down all numbers in words, you won't find the letter 'A' in any of them.
14. This one seems hard, but it's simple! There is a casino and it has 4 gates (let's name them as gate A, B, C and D). Every time you come inside the casino, you have to pay $5 and every time you leave the casino, you again have to pay $5. Also know that, whatever amount of money you carry with you inside the casino, it doubles. For example if you carry $5, it will become $10. You have to go inside the casino through gate A, come out of B, again go inside the casino through gate C and finally come out of gate D. Now, how much money should you carry inside the casino so that when you finally come out of the gate D, you should be left with no (zero amount) money?
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    If you keep on guessing the amount of money one after another, then it may take years or may be more than that. There is an easier way! Try solving the problem using algebra.

    • Let's say that the amount which you are carrying inside the casino be 'X'
    • When you enter the casino through gate A, you spend $5, so the amount becomes (X – 5)
    • This amount gets doubled inside the casino and becomes 2 (X – 5), i.e., 2X – 10
    • Now, you make an exit through gate B and again pay $5. So the amount which you have now becomes, (2X – 10 – 5), which is (2X – 15)
    • Again, you enter the casino through gate C and spend $5. This makes the amount (2X – 15) to become (2X – 15 – 5), which is (2X – 20)
    • Once when you are inside, the amount (2X – 20) again gets doubled, i.e. 2 (2X – 20) which is (4X – 40)
    • This time, you will make your final exit through gate D and pay $5. So this makes the amount (4X – 40 – 5), which is (4X – 45).

    Now, the condition was that after you have completed the task, you should be left with zero money at the end. So, according to this, the remaining amount of money which you have now, i.e, (4X – 45 ) should be equal to 0.
    
    So, when 4X – 45 = 0; 4X = 45; X = 45 ÷ 4; X = 11.25
    
    Hence, you should carry an amount of $11.25 inside the casino, so that you are left with no money at the end.

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So these were some of the trick questions and answers which I could think of, as of now. There will be more coming up in future and those will be funnier and more interesting; enough to shock, amaze and amuse you! Till then, keep 'cooking' your own set of tricky questions and answers and amuse others!