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I think this fact may explain most of the reaction; the answer is slipped into the question with a couple words that don't interrupt the flow. The questions is pointless, but we don't expect questions to be pointless, so we don't really hear it right or interpret it correctly, and we answer the question that would actually make sense.
There's more to it, of course. Ask the question with substances that don't produce strong associations regarding "weight" (really, density), and people tend not to get it wrong no matter how much time pressure is involved.