trick question

noun

: a deceptive question that is intended to make one give an answer that is not correct or that causes difficulty

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Recent Examples on the Web

This wasn’t some trick question. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023

Here’s its correct answer to a trick question that confused Microsoft’s Bing bot, built on GPT-4: Geoffrey: What are the hours of Al’s Place in San Francisco? —Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022