Trick Questions

Solving trick questions and riddles have always been one of my favorite things. I am a working professional and normally don't get time to solve these amazing mind exercises. However, on weekends when I am on holiday I make sure that I solve some fun riddles and try finding out some answers. Searching answers for these questions is actually one of the best brain exercises that you can have. If you have a habit of solving riddles and puzzles, you will notice that your mind will start looking for answers in a logical and rational way.

Playing with such questions requires your full concentration, some creativity and an urge to think out of the box. Many people give up on hard or funny riddles very easily because they don't have the patience to think. This reaction is very natural, but if you concentrate and think out of the box trust me this is one of the best indoor activities ever.

Fun Trick Questions and Brain Teasers
Here are some examples of brain teasers to have fun with. People of all ages can solve them and have fun.

Some months have 30 days, some contain 31 days. How many months have 28 days?


Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?


What came first, the chicken or the egg?


What is the tallest mountain in the world?


Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?


You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more than the collar, how much is the collar?


What is the eleven letter word that all Yale graduates spell incorrectly?


If you had only one match and entered a cold and dark room, where there was an oil lamp, an oil heater and a candle. Which would you light first?


More Funny Trick Questions
If you think your kid is a slow reader in school then it's time you gave him/her some mental exercise. Below is a list of brain teasers for kids, which is a fun way to increase the creativity and encourage brain development.

Which is the odd number out 428, 236, 177, 800, 935?


A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve is what remains.


Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?


My scale is something that does not weigh in grams, ounces, or pounds. However, I may be heavy or light. What am I?


What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?


What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?


An electric train is moving north at 100kph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10kph. Which way does the smoke blow?


Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange empty and full glasses alternate?


So these were some examples of difficult questions with answers. Solving fun trick questions and brain teasers is a fun way to learn some new things and these questions can be solved by kids and adults alike.