Joke question

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A joke question is a form of the puzzle designed to be witty . It is a question whose (self-given) answer is meant to be witty or witty and is intended to amuse, amaze or make fun of the respondent .

A lot of joke questions ask about "the difference " between two things. The person asked, if he does not already know the joke question, usually has to admit that he does not know the answer. The person who asked the question gives the answer himself. The punch line of the answer is mostly based on a play on words , sometimes also on the fact that the other person obviously did not know the answer. Other joke questions, to which there is no clear answer, lead the respondent on the wrong track through the formulation in order to confuse him. To get the desired answer you have to “think outside the box”.

Examples

  • What's the difference between a broken leg and a burglary?
    Answer: You have to lie down for three months after a broken leg and sit for three months after a break-in.
  • Who has 21 eyes and still cannot see?
    Answer: The cube .
  • Do you know the difference between sex and Lego games?
    Answer: If the answer is no, the answer is: Then keep playing Lego.
  • What is the difference between a horse and a lightning bolt?
    Answer: Lightning strikes, the horse strikes !
  • What's more fluid than water?
    Answer: Homework is superfluous.
  • Why do train conductors have silver jacket buttons and tram conductors have gold buttons?
    Answer: So that you can button your jacket.

Trick questions

A related area is trick questions. Here the question, often together with a previous task, is designed in such a way that the respondent is manipulated into giving a wrong answer .

For example, if you have a person say the word “ blood ” ten times in quick succession , you then ask the question: “What are you walking across the street at?”. Most people answer it: "When red !"

Another example would be to have a person say “white” ten times and then ask “What is the cow drinking?” Most of them then answer “milk”.

It means an increase when the trick question is apparently so obvious that avoiding itself is the trick, e.g. For example: "Is there the number three?" - "Yes" - "Is there the number 33?" [...] "Is there the number 334?" - "Is there the number 34,323?" [...] "Is there the number 323,233,334,333? ”-“ Is there a bigger idiot than you? ”Most people answer with“ no ”(because you wait all the time for a wrong number that you don't want to fall for and have to answer with no ).

There are “inside jokes” for trick questions. For example, Christians with firm knowledge of the Bible are asked: "What is in the Bible in 1 Pharisees 4, verse 5?" - Since there are other books in the Bible that are named after groups of people (e.g. 1st / 2nd Thessalonians ) and because a single Bible passage is queried, attention is drawn to the content of the supposed verse. If the respondent admits that he does not know this passage, the answer follows: "This book does not exist in the Bible."

Anti jokes

Joke questions can also exist in combination with anti-jokes . The external form of the joke is that of a joke question, but the content resembles an anti-joke.

Examples:

  • A ship goes from A to B. How old is the captain?
  • 12 elephants ride on a boat. The boat goes down. Why? Because the bell is on the left!

See also

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