Trick Questions for Kids

Asking trick questions and posing riddles are a great way to have fun and pass idle time! These tricky riddles and answers are especially handy during light, social occasions like sleepovers, family get-togethers, etc. when lots of people are in direct interaction and can have fun time collectively! The trick questions for kids given here can be used to chalk out a funky quiz activity at birthday and Halloween parties to keep the kids from getting bored by keeping them involved. So, here are some crazy and funny trick questions for kids that you should check out and make a note of for the next time you have a social gathering of friends!

Trick Questions for Kids with Answers

Check out these cool trick questions and answers that would freak you out! Try guessing the answers yourself before clicking on the answer link! Did I forget to ask you not to peek?

1. What is the next alphabet in the sequence S, O, N, D, J, F, M, A, M?
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   Answer: J for June (these are months starting from September, October, November, December till May; the next month would be June, hence, J)
2. What would come after T in the sequence F, S, S, E, N, T?
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   Answer: E (these are spellings of numbers from five, six, seven....ten. Next number after ten is eleven, hence, E)
3. Some months have thirty days while others have thirty-one days? Which month has twenty-eight days?
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   Answer: All months have twenty-eight days because that is a necessary requirement for any month to have thirty, thirty-one or more days! (I got you if you jumped up saying February!)
4. Which alphabet of the English language can be drunk and served to guests?
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   Answer: T (tea!)
5. How many numbers between one and hundred have an "A" in their spelling?
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   Answer: None (try it yourself if you don't believe me!)!
6. Frank's father has four sons, three of whom are named One, Two and Three. What is the name of the fourth son?
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   Answer: Frank (no, it isn't Four!)!
7. The 22nd and the 24th US Presidents had the same parents but they were not brothers. How is that possible?
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   Answer: The same person, Grover Cleveland, was elected twice to be the 22nd as well as the 24th US President!
8. It runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps. What is it?
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   Answer: A River!
9. YY UR, YY UB, I C UR, YY 4 Me! What does it mean?
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   Answer: Too wise (2 y's=YY) you(U) are(R), too wise(2 y's=YY) you(U) be(B), I see(C) you(U) are(R) too wise(2 y's=YY) for(4) me!
10. Decode ID10T.
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    Answer: IDIOT (this one should have been easy!)!
11. What is similar between the years 1961 and 6009?
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    Answer: Both are palindromes!
12. All your cousins have a common aunt who is not your aunt. Who is she then?
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    Answer: Your mother (she does fit in as your cousins' aunt, doesn't she?)!
13. On my way to the Himalayas, I met a man with four wives. Each wife was carrying a sack and each sack had seven cats in it. Each of the seven cats had six kittens. How many living creatures, in total, were going to the Himalayas?
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    Answer: One (only I was going to the Himalayas; all the others were those who I met on the way!)!
14. Would it be ethical for a man to marry the sister of his widow?
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    Answer: Moral or not, it would be impossible. Since he has a widow, he must be dead himself!
15. How much earth is there in a hole that is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide and 8 feet deep?
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    Answer: None (it's a hole, right?)!
16. Why is it bad manners to say the number 288 in front of others?
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    Answer: Because it is too gross (2*144=2*gross=288)!

Those were some wicked trick questions for kids! You can also check out some clever math riddles as well as fun trick questions and brain teasers to have fun with besides developing your numeric acumen with ease! Go ahead and ask your friends these trick questions and see how many they can answer without looking!