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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This is almost a trick question: According to Romanowski, there actually isn't a huge incentive to use conditioners based on your hair type. —Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 25 Sep. 2023

Don't fall for the trick question of whether the banh mi at Lee's Bakery is the best in metro Atlanta (or even one of the top versions in America), as more than a few prominent voices in food media have suggested. —Mike Jordan, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023

One of the exercises involved something of a trick question: What is the most important article of This article is part of our premium archives. —Frank Lavin, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2012

Is this a trick question of the sort that Hessler depicts his children completing in third-grade math class, the kind designed to trip students up? —The New Yorker, 24 July 2023

That was a trick question: This device already exists, and it’s called Monocle. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023

Dave Edwards, Abbeville High School and Auburn 181 games: Edwards is like the answer to a trick question. —Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023

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