I mean a perpetrator of domestic violence; fallen victim to one of the lawyer’s tricky questioning techniques.
Anyways, a trick question is one that may or may not have a best answer but one thing is for sure – the answer that first springs to mind is usually not the right one.
Here are media examples of people who ask or answer to trick questions:
1. At first, it sounds like a trick question: “Did you hear about those who saw the partial solar eclipse at midnight last night?”
That is, until you realize that this time of year, there are places on Earth where the sun is still above the horizon at midnight -- namely the Arctic Circle. (In fact, many places, the sun is already up and won’t set for several weeks. In Barrow, Alaska, for example, the sun rose on May 11 and won't set again until August 2. It just spins full circle around the horizon.)
And June 1 provided a rare convergence of midnight sunshine and a partial solar eclipse that was visible in the arctic.
- A solar eclipse at midnight? It’s not a trick question, KomoNews.com, June 2, 2011.
2. Pop quiz, from a test administered by the Hearst Corporation in 1987.
True or False: The following phrases are found in the U.S. Constitution:
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
“The consent of the governed.”
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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