Childhood is a vital stage which is often identified with innocence and discovery of the world. As we grow we learn more and more, and we can reflect on aspects that we were not aware of in childhood.
Now, sometimes we can encounter situations or even expressions that make us make mistakes regardless of age. This is what happens with leading questions, which are designed so that, since they are apparently easy, the person answers 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 abilities of the person in question in order to adapt them and make them understandable (an adult does not have the same abilities as a seven-year-old child. years).
Throughout this article we are going to present a series of leading questions for children, in order to make them think and reflect at the same time we make them realize the mistakes we make when quickly processing information and which can ultimately be a fun way to pass the time, similar to riddles.
Below we will see a total of 35 trick 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 being talked about and why the question in question leads to error.
This trick question is quite well known. The trick is that the first thing we think about is February, the only month that can only have 28 days.
Now, what is being asked is not that, but how many months have 28 days. And the correct answer is… all twelve, that is, all of them. From January to December, all 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 thinking about after this question is some type of event or event that can 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 without an answer. 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.
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 on Eduardo’s red vest?
Maybe the first idea that comes to mind is to answer red but… in reality vests don’t 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 the size of a tailor who weighs 80 kg?
An adult or an 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 more than fabrics, in his trade. In fact, A young child can probably solve 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 in reality… in the statement itself we are saying who the fifth daughter is: Clara.
9. What is something that, even if it is said, cannot be heard?
Leading questions do not necessarily have to be dedicated to giving wrong answers, but they can also lead to confusion by being the confusing and counterintuitive statement of questions without an obvious answer. This is the case with this one, in which the correct response is silence.
10. What goes up and down but always stays in the same place?
The impression of movement that this phrase conveys can seem confusing and leave us without a clear answer. But it does have it: some 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 children, and that’s exactly why it’s funny.
12. Why do divers jump from a boat on their backs?
Although technically we could extract different answers to this question the simplest explanation is to assess what would happen if they jumped forward: they would fall to the floor of the ship.
13. What do they call an elevator in China?
We don’t need to know the language to know how it’s done: like the rest of the world, to call an elevator in China we just need to press the button.
14. Paris starts with P, and ends with…?
The correct answer is not the s of Paris… but what letter the word begins with and ends with. That is, the correct answer is that it ends begins with t.
15. What is the bird that has the most letters in it?
This question only has a misleading meaning if it is asked orally. In that case we don’t need to start thinking about bird names to answer this question, because the bird (rather “abe”) with the most 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 them 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, there are actually 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.
The answer to this enigma is none other than the whale.
19. How many animals did Moses put in the Ark?
The first thing that can occur to us is to start imagining how many species of animals were put in the ark. However, it is necessary to realize that in reality, it was Noah and not Moses who put animals in the Ark. 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 arrives?
Although this question is more likely to be answered by an older child, teenager, or adult, the answer to this question would be tomorrow or the future, since there will never be a time when the future is no longer ahead: what is now. It is future then it will be present and subsequently 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 type of water… it’s a map
23. How can a child kick a ball three meters and then return alone?
The tricky thing here is that the majority will think about a forward kick and will try to figure out how the ball can return. But in reality it is also possible to shoot upwards, something that will make the ball return to its initial position.
24. If a rooster lays an egg on top of a bell tower… which side will it fall?
No matter how many factors we try to calculate where it will fall, the truth is that the correct answer is none: roosters do not lay eggs.
25. If someone lives in Spain, why can’t they be buried in Canada?
It’s not for any kind of political issue ; The main reason is the fact that we just said that that person… lives.
26. What is it that has a face, but no body?
We are not talking about any type of living being, but about a currency.
27. What is an ear?
This question only makes sense if it is asked orally, not so much in writing. The answer to this question does not necessarily involve mentioning one of the sense organs, but in this case we are talking about a “horeja”, meaning that the answer would be sixty “minutejos”.
28. Who is the only person who has never lost a soccer game?
It’s not the players, it’s not the fans, it’s not the technical team. The only person who never loses regardless of the result of the match is the referee.
29. What do you fill a barrel with so that it weighs less?
This can be difficult for a child, or even an adult, to answer. Whatever we put in the barrel, the weight will increase. The only thing we can fill them with to make them weigh less is holes.
30. What is the longest day of the week?
Every day is equally long when it comes to time. But when it comes to word length, the longest day is Wednesday. This is another example of leading questions for children that are based on the properties of language.
31. What were the ninja turtles called?
Although today’s children may not remember them or have never seen them, in fact it is not necessary to know the names to answer the question. Simply, the answer is that they called each other by 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 They weigh the same regardless of the material
34. If during a race you pass the person in second, what position are you in?
The first thing that most people would automatically say, including adults, would be that we would be first. Now, if we overtake the second in reality we will only be assuming the position that he had: we will then 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 mean that Mount Everest stops being the highest mountain in the world. The answer is that it is still Mount Everest.
