Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Where Did I Go Wrong?

More answers from old tests by my former students:

1. "Which type of attractive force or bond holds together the sodium ions and the chloride ions in a crystal of sodium chloride?"
Leah J.'s answer: "James bond"

2. "Name one measure which can be implemented to avoid river flooding in times of intense rainfall (e.g., at the Mississippi River)."
Brian R.'s answer: "Flooding can be avoided by placing a number of big dames into the river."

3. "Name six animals which live in the Arctic region."
Matt F.'s answer: "2 polar bears and 4 seals"

4. "What is the highest frequency noise which the human ear can register."
Cathy B.'s answer: "Mariah Carey"

2 comments:

The Arse Man said...

No. 2--the "big dames" answer--is my favorite. (They certainly dam up the aisle flow in Wal-Mart. A solution to the BP problem?)

Old Gargoyle said...

Arse Man, we gotta be careful about doing any social engineering. But I guess we could, if we could find a way to dam with faint praise.