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


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.

*Not so much "manage" as "designed, wrote, tested and implemented all the bloody software".
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Re: Stupid test questions.
"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.)
(The "correct" answer was the Alfred, a converted freighter bought by the Continental Congress in 1776.)
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Re: Stupid test questions.
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?
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?

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Re: Stupid test questions.
Along similar lines:
Were the Jesuits the ‘shock-troops’ of the Counter-Reformation?
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Were the Jesuits the ‘shock-troops’ of the Counter-Reformation?

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God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
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It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson



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