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Student who obtained 0% in an exam but he didn't answer any questions wrong! (Original Post) MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 OP
This wasn't a real exam. Bucky Mar 2012 #1
Napoleon didn't die in a battle Sabayon65 Mar 2012 #2
You get an A. geardaddy Mar 2012 #3
Some say poison, others suspect his curious tendency to speak in English palindromes. n/t dimbear Mar 2012 #10
It's suspected that he died of arsenic poisoning. mackattack Mar 2012 #13
Then he was clearly battling arsenic poisoning Orrex Mar 2012 #15
... geardaddy Mar 2012 #4
And, to the Harry Potter fans out there NewJeffCT Mar 2012 #6
One from Calvin and Hobbes: Sabayon65 Mar 2012 #5
love c&h obviously pokerfan Mar 2012 #7
The second to last one is actually a good question jmowreader Mar 2012 #11
I think technically they are still gendered, but we don't need to adjust articles and adjectives SwissTony Mar 2012 #14
That is a very odd subject. EastTennesseeDem Mar 2012 #8
funny test answer tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #9
Hahaaa! I think he deserves credit on questions 8 & 12. pacalo Mar 2012 #12
 

Sabayon65

(29 posts)
2. Napoleon didn't die in a battle
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:27 PM
Mar 2012

He died while he was exiled on the island of St. Helena, 6 years after the Battle of Waterloo. It's suspected that he died of arsenic poisoning.

All his other answers are technically correct, though.

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
10. Some say poison, others suspect his curious tendency to speak in English palindromes. n/t
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 08:57 PM
Mar 2012
 

mackattack

(344 posts)
13. It's suspected that he died of arsenic poisoning.
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:37 AM
Mar 2012

There is debate about that. Particularly if the poisoning was deliberate or a result of his surroundings.

jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
11. The second to last one is actually a good question
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:22 AM
Mar 2012

...because while MOST languages have gendered nouns, English doesn't.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
14. I think technically they are still gendered, but we don't need to adjust articles and adjectives
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 04:40 AM
Mar 2012

as, say, the French and Germans do.

I've got vague memories of old English dictionaries listing the gender of nouns. None of my modern ones do. Maybe it's just old age.

pacalo

(24,857 posts)
12. Hahaaa! I think he deserves credit on questions 8 & 12.
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:32 AM
Mar 2012

Number 8 was a stupid question & the question on number 12 could have been worded better.

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