# Test answers that annoy teachers - but are amusing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757 "2009-10-22T17:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/21 "2009-10-23T15:42:54Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Also, fucking George Bush is keeping us from sacrificing humans! No wonder the weather has been so shitty lately. You’re too busy fucking George Bush to perform human sacrifices to make the weather better? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/22 "2009-10-23T16:54:00Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I once tried buying all of something a store had marked for .25 cents. They weren’t amused. I mentioned this in another thread, but the laundrymat used to have a sign saying .25 cents for 6 minutes . They must have gotten a comment because now it’s a picture of a quarter instead of the text. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/23 "2009-10-23T18:58:50Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > This [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ3Oz5JVKs) of a customer support call to Verizon explains the reason for the check. Dear Lord have mercy. It is hard not to be consumed with a desire to slap people like this. Hard. I found myself saying _exactly_ what the guy on the video said - “you forgot the unit”. And I could hear that woman’s eyes glaze over on the recording. Lawsy me. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/24 "2009-10-23T19:31:07Z")
The best is when both employees keep emphasizing “cents”, and then magically turn it into dollars. Verizon: “No, we’re talking about cents, not dollars.” Guy: “Exactly!” Verizon: “Huh?” Guy: Do you acknowledge the difference between one dollar and one cent? Verizon: Yes. Guy: Do you acknowledge the difference between half a dollar and half a cent? Verizon: Yes. Guy: Do you acknowledge the difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents? Verizon: Those are the same. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/25 "2009-10-23T19:38:28Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Test Failures](http://interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-fail-test-with-dignity.html) I’m not sure who is cribbing who here, but I’ve seen most of those (and more) at [Zero Out Of Five](http://zerooutoffive.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/26 "2009-10-23T21:19:03Z")
Man, that video is great. He even starts off getting her to acknowledge that there is a difference between a dollar and a cent, and that there’s a difference between a half a dollar and a half a cent. But she can’t get that there’s a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents. I love this! ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/27 "2009-10-23T22:20:00Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Oh. My. God. > > The difference between $0.002 and 0.002c is “a difference of opinion.” > [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Holy freaking cow. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > This [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ3Oz5JVKs) of a customer support call to Verizon explains the reason for the check. I never put 2+2 together before (which means I too am not a mathematician), but I’d be willing to bet money that that “Randall Monroe” on the cheque is the same Randall Monroe that produces[the best thing on the Internet since slicedbread.com](http://www.xkcd.com) (not counting SDMB of course). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/28 "2009-10-23T23:04:49Z")
Why were they talking about the difference between cents/dollars anyway? Who deals with less than a cent? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/29 "2009-10-23T23:30:04Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Why were they talking about the difference between cents/dollars anyway? Who deals with less than a cent? The guy was quoted a rate of 0.002 cents per KB on his cell’s data plan. He ended up downloading several hundreds MB of data, and an enormous bill because the actual rate was 0.002 _dollars_ per KB. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/30 "2009-10-24T00:22:17Z")
Some of them I’ve already seen, but they’re still amusing. It’s good to see that the website continues in the same spirit, incorrectly transcribing one of the students’ responses in the caption. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/31 "2009-10-24T01:24:11Z")
[I love this one so much.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IZQy8q7o42s/Se3_OvaN2CI/AAAAAAAABBA/j7I4sH7XP7M/s1600-h/lkjdfkjhwe9087skdhf9823498dfkjhsdf.png) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/32 "2009-10-24T04:47:43Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > [I love this one so much.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IZQy8q7o42s/Se3_OvaN2CI/AAAAAAAABBA/j7I4sH7XP7M/s1600-h/lkjdfkjhwe9087skdhf9823498dfkjhsdf.png) An egomaniacal narcissist wouldn’t give up so easily. He could claim it was a metaphor for untying the bonds that held your 10 points to the rest of your grade. Of course, it’s not like he would believe you were right, anyway, even if you gave the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/33 "2009-10-24T05:09:18Z")
I wasted a good hour at work on that site, **mske.** But it was a very slow hour as far as work went, so thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/34 "2009-10-24T16:50:40Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > [I love this one so much.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IZQy8q7o42s/Se3_OvaN2CI/AAAAAAAABBA/j7I4sH7XP7M/s1600-h/lkjdfkjhwe9087skdhf9823498dfkjhsdf.png) Did he mean to claim to be the greatest living computer science, as opposed to scientist? Is undoubtably the same thing as undoubtedly? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/35 "2009-10-24T17:18:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Did he mean to claim to be the greatest living computer science, as opposed to scientist? Is undoubtably the same thing as undoubtedly? I was wondering that, too–whether he meant science or scientist. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/36 "2009-10-25T02:52:04Z")
My first year of teaching I had a student who responded to a fill in the blank quiz of 25 questions with 25 repetitions of “D.N.” He came from a line of musical genius though and I just checked to see if I could find him on the internet. Sure 'nuff! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/37 "2009-10-25T20:24:02Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > My first year of teaching I had a student who responded to a fill in the blank quiz of 25 questions with 25 repetitions of “D.N.” > > He came from a line of musical genius though and I just checked to see if I could find him on the internet. Sure 'nuff! Democracy now? Don’t “now”? Dagens nyheter? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/38 "2009-10-25T23:00:52Z")
I’m guessing “Don’t know”. ETA: Look, this kid wasn’t a rocket scientist in the first place, he probably didn’t notice that he was initialling it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/39 "2009-10-25T23:26:28Z")
I once was taking an American History survey class, something like the founding to the Civil War. On the final, there was a list of terms and we had to take each and write a paragraph describing the item, giving the appropriate dates, blah blah. Normal stuff. The phrase I answered? **The Battle of New Orleans** My answer was this quote > [@](#): > > In 1814 we took a little trip > Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. > We took a little bacon and we took a little beans > And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans. > > We fired our guns and the British kept a’comin. > There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago. > We fired once more and they began to runnin’ on > Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Except I wrote out the entire song. The professor saw my giggling while writing and kind of cocked his head at me. When I was done with the test, I flipped the blue book open to that page, and handed it to him, beaming. He about doubled over laughing, causing everyone in the hall still taking the test to stare at him in confusion. I win. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757/40 "2009-10-26T07:53:43Z")
I had a business law or management class which asked some question about identifying the four aspects of some marketing strategy and I was drawing a complete blank on it. I couldn’t even go for partial credit. So I went for “chocolate, peanuts, nougat and chewy caramel.” The teacher liked it but didn’t give me any credit for it. I did get a tiny bit of extra credit for my Gilgamesh essay. I included a picture of Gilgamesh and Enkidu battling on the walls of Uruk. See the epic battle [here](http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7327/chewypuppies.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-that-annoy-teachers-but-are-amusing/514757.md?page=3)