trick question
Example Sentences
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In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
At one point, McCain’s captors asked if he wanted to go home, but it was a trick question.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023
A trick question, because it turns out it doesn't.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2023
That’s a trick question -- Volvo doesn’t make pickup trucks!
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022
What kind of a trick question was that?
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
