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Pub Quiz question

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DriveVerySlowlyPastNumber23IWantThemToSeeMyHat · 22/08/2025 22:41

Pub Quiz question: 'How many months have 30 days in?'

What would your answer be?

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zerofeeling · 22/08/2025 22:55

SprayWhiteDung · 22/08/2025 22:47

Definitely 11 - it's an old riddle, designed to catch you out, that's often seen in kids' 'fun fact'-type books.

There's also another 'makes you think' question along a similar vein: which month of the year is the longest? The answer being October.

Is that because the clocks go back?

skippy67 · 22/08/2025 22:54

11

zerofeeling · 22/08/2025 22:53

I like these kind of questions, they're not trick questions they teach you not to jump straight in. Bit like the Qs on the 1% Club.

OffTheHookAtLast · 22/08/2025 22:53
  1. All of them except February.
Zov · 22/08/2025 22:53

But only 4 months have 30 days in. So 11 is the wrong answer.

You may as well ask how many pop/rock groups and bands have had 5 members in them, and then count every group and band that has 5 or more.

Only 4 months have 30 days in them. It's not ambiguous.

WhatcakeshalIIbaketoday · 22/08/2025 22:53

Hyacinth, if I got that question in a pub quiz I would immediately think of the months that have only 30 days in them. That makes 4.

steff13 · 22/08/2025 22:52

All of them except February, so 11.

soupyspoon · 22/08/2025 22:52

Oh dear, I wouldnt have spotted the slightly trick question.

Did people kick off OP, were tables overturned and drinks spilled?

RaraRachael · 22/08/2025 22:51

It's a silly question. We used to do loads of quizzes and set questions too and made sure there were never ambiguous ones

Barney16 · 22/08/2025 22:51

I would have said 4 because I would think they meant only 30 but I guess, if they were tricksy, it would be 11

Redshoeblueshoe · 22/08/2025 22:51

11, but I would have said 4.

VivienneDelacroix · 22/08/2025 22:50
  1. It's a well-known question, as a pp said. It's designed to catch out those who jump to the first conclusion, rather than actually thinking about the question.
SprayWhiteDung · 22/08/2025 22:49

Trovindia · 22/08/2025 22:46

It's ambiguous and a poorly constructed question. The answer is either 11 or 4.

But it's deliberately done that way; like it or hate it, it isn't poorly constructed as a trick question at all.

It's deliberately designed so that you have to listen/read it carefully, to avoid being caught out.

Freegrass · 22/08/2025 22:49

It’s a badly worded question - I expect the answer is 11 (i.e. all except February). I can see how 4 could also be the answer.

saveforthat · 22/08/2025 22:49

GuineaPigWig · 22/08/2025 22:46

A pub quiz is exactly where I would expect this kind of (stupid) trick question.

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OK we must go to different types of pub quiz. I must admit though the answer 4 would be way too easy for the quizzes I've done.

SprayWhiteDung · 22/08/2025 22:47

Definitely 11 - it's an old riddle, designed to catch you out, that's often seen in kids' 'fun fact'-type books.

There's also another 'makes you think' question along a similar vein: which month of the year is the longest? The answer being October.

GuineaPigWig · 22/08/2025 22:46

saveforthat · 22/08/2025 22:44

I don't agree with 11. I would read it as exactly 30 days and I think most people would. Pub quizes are usually general knowledge not trick questions.

A pub quiz is exactly where I would expect this kind of (stupid) trick question.

Trovindia · 22/08/2025 22:46

It's ambiguous and a poorly constructed question. The answer is either 11 or 4.

Trumpthecant · 22/08/2025 22:46

11

soundsys · 22/08/2025 22:45

11

ilovelamp82 · 22/08/2025 22:45

11

NoThanksNeeded · 22/08/2025 22:45

11 months have 30 days IN them. That's not up for debate

How many months HAVE 30 days is where you can get the debate over whether they mean have 30 days as the total (April, June, September, November) or have at least 30 days (all bar February)

saveforthat · 22/08/2025 22:44

I don't agree with 11. I would read it as exactly 30 days and I think most people would. Pub quizes are usually general knowledge not trick questions.

LaMarschallin · 22/08/2025 22:42

themimi · 22/08/2025 22:42

11

Edited

Not February

Pringleinjury · 22/08/2025 22:42

I think I’d say 11.