Trick Questions and Answers

Here are some Trick Questions to Tickle Your Brain. The Answers are given at the end of the Page. Hey! Don’t Peek Yet. It’s great Fun if You try to Solve them Yourself.

1. A Father's Child, a Mother's Child, yet No One's Son.

2. A Farmer had 17 sheep, all but nine died, how many did he have left?

3. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet Her Birthday is always in the Summer. How is this possible?

4. A Man builds a House with all Four Sides facing South. A Bear walks past the House. What colour is the Bear?

5. A Woman had Two Sons who were born on the Same Hour of the Same Day of the Same Year. But they were not Twins. How could this be So?

6. Before the days of Motor cars, a Man rode into town on his Horse. He arrived on Friday, spent three days in town and left on Friday. How is that possible?
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Answers:

1. A Girl or Daughter.

2. Nine.

3. She lives in the Southern Hemisphere, where the Seasons are Reversed.

4. White: the House is built directly on the North Pole.

5. There are more than Two Babies. If three, they would triplets and if four they would be quadruplets. So, the rest were Daughters.

6. Hint: Can you guess the Horse's Name? ‘Friday’, of course!