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Stupid test questions.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed May 13, 2009 12:33 pm

"Why did Reinhard Heydrich order the destruction of the town of Lidice?" (I kid you not.)
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Re: Stupid test questions.

Post by klr » Wed May 13, 2009 12:38 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:"Why did Reinhard Heydrich order the destruction of the town of Lidice?" (I kid you not.)
:shock: ... :doh:

Among other things, I manage* the submission and tracking of written examination papers for our University, plus the release of past papers for students' amusements. I'm sure I could find some hair-brained questions if I browsed enough PDF files. :read:

*Not so much "manage" as "designed, wrote, tested and implemented all the bloody software". :what?:
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Re: Stupid test questions.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed May 13, 2009 12:41 pm

"What was the name of the first battleship in the USN?"

(The "correct" answer was the Alfred, a converted freighter bought by the Continental Congress in 1776.)
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Re: Stupid test questions.

Post by klr » Wed May 13, 2009 12:48 pm

Actual question from one of our past history papers (all in the public domain of course):

What strategies did the Jesuits adopt to instruct Catholics in Europe during the Tridentine era?

... I don't suppose "repent, or you're toast" would have garnered any marks? :lol:
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Re: Stupid test questions.

Post by klr » Wed May 13, 2009 12:51 pm

Along similar lines:

Were the Jesuits the ‘shock-troops’ of the Counter-Reformation?

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