READ THIS NEXT: 79 Riddles for Adults (With Answers!)
81 Best Trick Questions, Riddles & Ice-Breaker Games
Share the list of trick questions below with family, friends, and co-workers. See how many you can answer correctly. We’ve even broken things down into separate categories to make the list easier to navigate.
Hard Trick Questions for Adults
READ THIS NEXT: 73 Brain Teasers for Adults Guaranteed to Leave You Stumped.
Easy(ish) Trick Questions for Kids
READ THIS NEXT: Riddles for Kids: 86 Awesome Brain Teasers.
Word Play
READ THIS NEXT: 150+ Unpopular Opinions Guaranteed to Cause Offense.
Funny Trick Questions
Number Questions
READ THIS NEXT: 40 Hard Riddles That’ll Leave You Totally Stumped.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb
How Trick Questions Can Help Your Brain
Trick questions aren’t just a fun way to get one over on your friends—they’re actually good for your brain. Mind-benders are particularly useful when it comes to exercising the “use it or lose it” principle. In other words, these types of puzzles help stimulate certain brain functions that we may not otherwise tap into on the daily. The results have been shown to help sharpen critical-thinking skills and even improve short-term memory. It’s also worth noting that experts suggest other brain-boosting activities like jigsaw puzzles can even help transition us into a meditative-like state. And if you think these results sound well, nice, but also like something that won’t pay off for a long time, think again. Back in 1993, a group of scientists at Penn State University discovered students have a much harder time discerning between normal test prompts and “trick” questions than previously thought (their results were later published in the Journal of Education Measurement). The further you push your understanding of reason and logic, the sooner you can expect it to pay off in the real world.
Wrapping Up
That’s it for our list of trick questions. Be sure to check back with us soon for more brain teasers to share with the ones you love. You can also sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss out on what’s coming next!
