Trick Questions

Trick Questions



  1. If you had only one match, and you entered a dark room with an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first ?


Ans: The match. You need to light the match first before you can light anything else.



  1. Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks ?


Ans: Neither. A pound is a pound, so they weigh the same.



  1. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How ?


Ans: His horse's name is Friday.



  1. What is full of holes but still holds water ?


Ans: A sponge.



  1. If you throw a blue stone into the Red Sea, what will it become ?


Ans: It will become wet.



  1. What can you hold without touching it ?


Ans: Your breath.



  1. Which month has 28 days ?


Ans: All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.



  1. If you have 5 apples and take away 2, how many do you have ?


Ans: You have 2 apples (the ones you took away).



  1. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years ?


Ans: The letter "M."



  1. A plane crashes on the border of India and Nepal. Where do they bury the survivors ?


Ans: Survivors are not buried.