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50 Trick! Quiz Questions — Free
Test your trick! knowledge with 50 hand-verified quiz questions, ranging from straightforward warm-up questions to real head-scratchers that will challenge even the most well-read players in the room. Lateral thinking and misdirection. The obvious answer is nearly always wrong.
All questions are free to play with no account or download required. They work equally well for a competitive pub quiz with scorekeeping, a casual family game night, or a quick solo knowledge check. Questions span easy, medium and hard difficulty to suit groups of all ages and knowledge levels.
Sample Trick! Questions
15 easy, 20 hard and 15 medium questions available. Preview the first 15 below.
How many months of the year have 28 days?
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12
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 12 ✓
All 12 months have at least 28 days.
How many animals did Moses take on the Ark?
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None
- 2
- 7
- 14
- None ✓
It was Noah who built the Ark, not Moses.
What word is always spelled incorrectly?
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Incorrectly
- Correctly
- Incorrectly ✓
- Wrong
- Misspelling
The word 'incorrectly' is always spelled i-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y.
How far can a dog run into a forest?
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Halfway
- All the way
- Halfway ✓
- A mile
- As far as it wants
After the halfway point, the dog is running out of the forest, not into it.
How many birthdays does the average person have?
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1
You are only born once, so you only have one birthday. You celebrate it every year, but it is the same day.
David's parents have three children: Snap, Crackle, and who?
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David
- Pop
- Sparkle
- Crispin
- David ✓
The question says David's parents, so the third child must be David.
An electric train travels north. Its smoke drifts south.
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False
Electric trains do not produce smoke.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
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A coin
- A snake
- A fish
- A coin ✓
- A lizard
What gets wetter the more it dries?
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A towel
- A sponge
- A bucket
- A towel ✓
- A raincoat
What invention lets you see right through a wall?
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A window
- A mirror
- A telescope
- A window ✓
- X-ray glasses
What goes up but never comes down?
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Your age
- A balloon
- A rocket
- Your age ✓
- The sun
What has teeth but cannot bite?
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A comb
- A skull
- A comb ✓
- A saw
- A zip
A rooster lays an egg on the roof that slopes to the east. Which way does the egg roll?
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Roosters do not lay eggs
- East
- West
- North
- Roosters do not lay eggs ✓
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
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Wrong
- Incorrectly
- Misspelling
- Wrong ✓
- Dyslexia
The word 'wrong' is always spelled W-R-O-N-G, which is correctly how you spell the word 'wrong.'
Before Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
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Mount Everest
- K2
- Kangchenjunga
- Mont Blanc
- Mount Everest ✓
Everest was always the highest mountain; it just had not been discovered yet.
About Trick! Quizzes
Lateral thinking and misdirection. The obvious answer is nearly always wrong.
Every trick! question in the Shalose bank has been hand-checked for accuracy. Questions are categorised by difficulty so you can start easy and build to harder rounds, or use Mixed mode to shuffle all difficulties together for an unpredictable quiz experience.
- 50 questions across easy, medium and hard difficulty
- Multiple choice, true/false and number rounds included
- Works on any device — phone, tablet or desktop
- Free forever — no sign-up, no downloads, no ads
- Built-in timer (15s, 30s or 60s) to keep the pace up
- Automatic scorecard for up to four competing teams
Perfect for
- Pub quiz nights where trick! is a dedicated round
- Family game nights with players of mixed ages and knowledge levels
- School and workplace quiz events and team-building sessions
- Charity fundraisers and community events looking for ready-made content
- Solo practice if you are preparing for a competitive quiz league