Hilarious Quiz Questions
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A clown stands on a scale in an elevator. If the elevator begins accelerating upward, what happens to the scale reading during that acceleration?
It stays unchanged in every case
It becomes zero immediately
It becomes higher than the clown's usual reading
It becomes lower than usual
2. A jar contains equal numbers of red, blue, green, and yellow jellybeans. If one jellybean is selected without looking, what is the probability it is green?
1/2
1/3
1/4
3/4
3. An octopus applies for a job requiring “plenty of heart.” How many hearts does an octopus actually have?
Three
Two
One
Four
4. Inside an orbiting spacecraft, an astronaut releases a rubber chicken without pushing it. Ignoring air currents, what will it do relative to the astronaut at first?
Drop rapidly toward the spacecraft floor
Fly backward because the spacecraft keeps moving
Remain nearby because it shares the astronaut's motion
Accelerate out through the nearest window
5. A farmer claims that a rooster has started laying breakfast eggs. Which statement is biologically accurate?
Roosters lay eggs only when no hens are present
Roosters lay only unfertilized eggs
Roosters normally begin laying after their first year
Roosters are adult male chickens and do not produce eggs
6. A baker leaves yeast dough to proof before putting it in the oven. What mainly creates the gas bubbles that make the dough expand during proofing?
Flour releasing stored oxygen
Salt turning directly into a gas
Yeast producing carbon dioxide
Water freezing inside the dough
7. In the joke “I stopped being a baker because I couldn't make enough dough,” which two meanings create the pun?
An oven and a workplace
Bread mixture and money
Flour and free time
A recipe and a salary slip
8. For a logic routine, assume that every llama hums and that Luis is a llama. Which conclusion follows deductively from those premises?
Luis hums
Everything that hums is a llama
No other llama hums like Luis
Only Luis can hum
9. A juggler's drawer contains 3 red socks and 2 blue socks. In complete darkness, what is the fewest socks the juggler must take to guarantee a matching color pair?
2
5
4
3
10. Which of these words is a palindrome, reading the same forward and backward?
Banana
Giggling
Comedy
Racecar
11. Three clowns enter a tiny car and each shakes hands with every other clown exactly once. How many handshakes occur?
2
3
4
6
12. A comedian shouts into a canyon and hears the same words return moments later. What primarily produces this echo?
Absorption of sound by the rock
Reflection of sound waves from a distant surface
Generation of new sound by the canyon
Refraction of light through the air
13. Which line uses a pun based on two meanings or similar sounds?
The bicycle was too tired to stand up
The tiny hat was unbelievably enormous
The alarm clock shouted, “Ring!”
The comedian roared like a lion
14. A baker prepares 12 cupcakes. A hungry mime eats 2, and 1 more falls on the floor. How many cupcakes remain available to serve?
9
8
10
11
15. A dramatic duck insists that Earth changes the Moon's shape every week. What actually causes the Moon's phases?
Earth's shadow covers a different amount each night
We see changing portions of the Moon's sunlit half
The Moon produces different amounts of light
Clouds in Earth's atmosphere reshape its appearance
16. A joke says, “The tomato blushed when it saw the salad dressing.” Which language device gives the tomato a human reaction?
Alliteration
Understatement
Onomatopoeia
Personification