Loaded question

A trick question is the special form of a rhetorical question, a more or less witty but also tricky question to a person who is to give an appropriate response to the facts. However, this response to overcome considerable real external or internal logical contradictions requires. These difficulties can be traced back to much conflicting requirements in the question asked, for example. The resolution and overcoming these contradictions requires a strong emotional use of the interlocutor. Inside source for overcoming conflicting situations is well known, for example, building on the strength of character humor.

The trick question is accordingly found that an inattentive answerers they answered incorrectly or contradicts itself.

This effect is achieved by the question or answer options specifies implies, none of which is true. The asker can use such a question to entice the respondent to a false statement ( Beat actually still your wife - correct answer: I have never beaten my wife ) or expose his lack of knowledge.

The problem is how often the language implied dualisms. A fixed, general answer has the German language does not seem as it seeks rather to choose between the binary, implied or possible answers to guess affective well. Binary, as a response option seemingly excluding others. Such trick questions are also often found as koans. In Zenkreisen ( and then also in hacker jargon ) but a clever answer choice has become the norm: Mu ( approximately " nor " " yes or no "). Thus, the attention of the respondent is not prevented, since he has not formulate a linguistically appropriate response set. The questioner simply has to correct his question.

From a linguistic point is at the trick question often by a judicious use of presuppositions.