I'm looking for a phrase that describes the situation when someone asks a question in a way to elicit an incorrect response. For example:
Alice: Hey, Bob, have you never done drugs?
Bob: Nope!
Alice: So you have done drugs, then?
Bob: Argh, Alice! You know what I meant. That was such a ___ question!
Or something along those lines. I don't care much whether the word describes the question, or the situation, or maybe it's a verb describing what Alice did.
Best Answer
A "trick question" is a question where the words are arranged in such a way as to produce an incorrect answer.
Trick question — Cambridge