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Trick question

"Trick question" redirects here, but this isn't really correct. A "trick question" is a question (e.g. in an exam) which misleads you or tempts you into giving the wrong answer, not because you lack the knowledge but because you didn't read the question carefully enough. Sometimes it will be phrased in an unusual way. cagliost (talk) 09:30, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Collins Dictionary: "If someone asks you a trick question, they ask you a question which is very difficult to answer, for example because there is a hidden difficulty or because the answer that seems obvious is not the correct one." OED: "a question designed to elicit more information than it appears to on the surface, or to trick the respondent into giving a wrong answer." cagliost (talk) 09:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Scherzfrage

A Scherzfrage is a question with an unexpected answer, often a word play. Is that meant?

Example: Which pen is surrounded by the sea? The peninsula!

--2003:F1:33D1:7F67:D5F3:1149:C406:3E20 (talk) 12:59, 8 November 2019 (UTC)