--- title: Trick questions that catch quick thinkers — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / Trick questions that catch quick think… # Trick questions that catch quick thinkers The 15 questions of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 94 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t1/) — Josh shouts "Bricks!" His sister: "He's been cooked by a feather." What did Josh get wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t2/) — Ellie's brother: "Bro thinks overtaking is teleporting." What should Ellie have told her mum? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t3/) — Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it too. Ohhh." So how many months have 28 days? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t4/) — Grandad: "You did the sum perfect, pet, just the wrong sum." Seventeen sheep, all but 9 run off. How many are left? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t5/) — Kai: "That's so sus, Dad." Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai." What was the trap? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t6/) — What would happen if the train in Mum's riddle were an old steam train going north, with the wind blowing south? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t7/) — Ruby: "June, obviously!" Auntie: "Whose mum is it?" What is the answer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t8/) — The nurse: "First one now, second at half past, third at the hour. Done in an hour, clever clogs." With 4 pills, one every half hour, starting now, how long until they're gone? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t9/) — Amira's grandpa, his son Dad, and Dad's son Omar go fishing. How many fathers are in the boat? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t10/) — Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first. With his thoughts." What should come first? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t11/) — In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone. Put the cartoon right. — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/e1/) — It is given that a farmer possesses seventeen sheep and that all but nine of them abscond. Ascertain the number of sheep remaining in the farmer's possession. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/e2/) — Determine the number of calendar months which contain twenty-eight days or more. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/e3/) — A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and each subsequent pill thirty minutes after the preceding one. Compute the time elapsed until the final pill has been taken. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a runner who overtakes the competitor in second place. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [180. Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn/) - next →: [182. Sounds wrong, but is right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)