Funny exam answers O/T

Funny exam answers O/T

Postby shrimper » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:07 am

The following questions were set in a GCSE examination
These are genuine answers (from 16 year olds)

Q. Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists

Q. How is dew formed
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

Q. What causes the tides in the oceans
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight

Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed

Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election

Q. What are steroids
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs (Shoot yourself now , there is little hope)

Q. What happens to your body as you age
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental

Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery (So true)

Q Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A. Premature death

Q. What is artificial insemination
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour
A. Keep it in the cow (Simple, but brilliant)

Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorised (e.g. The abdomen)
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A, E, I, O and U (What the *!!*???)

Q. What is the fibula?
A. A small lie

Q. What does 'varicose' mean?
A. Nearby

Q. What is the most common form of birth control
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium (That would work)

Q. Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean section'
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome

Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor. (Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)

Q. What is a terminal illness
A. When you are sick at the airport. (Irrefutable)

Q. Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A. Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas

Q. Use the word 'judicious' in a sentence to show you understand its meaning
A. Hands that judicious can be soft as your face. (OMG)

Q. What does the word 'benign' mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight

Q. What is a turbine?
A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head
Is the glass half full or half empty? Mmmm? hard to say - but it does look like there's room for more beer!
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Re: Funny exam answers O/T

Postby Dazzer » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:35 am

'Name the four seasons?' is a GCSE question?! :shock:

And they say the reason for record results year after year is not because the exams are getting easier. How long before you get a Grade A for succesfully writing your name on the front of the exam paper?
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Re: Funny exam answers O/T

Postby shrimper » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:39 am

I think I read when this system was first introduced years ago that a lot of exams nowadays start off with a few questions that are like the first few rounds of 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.

They are 'giveaway' questions to help the student get into the flow of the exam and calm their nerves. The real marking is done on the more serious questions later on in the papers.
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Re: Funny exam answers O/T

Postby campdave » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:00 am

Dazzer wrote:'Name the four seasons?' is a GCSE question?! :shock:

And they say the reason for record results year after year is not because the exams are getting easier. How long before you get a Grade A for succesfully writing your name on the front of the exam paper?


And the "These are genuine GCSE answers" you receive as an email forward is of course 100% truthful.
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Re: Funny exam answers O/T

Postby Plain Peter » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:06 am

shrimper wrote:They are 'giveaway' questions to help the student get into the flow of the exam and calm their nerves. The real marking is done on the more serious questions later on in the papers.


I used to start at the end and work forward, but....























...never got very far :)
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