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This past fall semester, at Duke University, there were two
sophomores taking Organic Chemistry, who did pretty well on
all of the quizzes, midterms, labs, etc., such that going into
the final they had a solid 'A'.
These two friends were so confident going into the final
that, the weekend before finals week, even though the Chem
final was on Monday, they decided to go up to University of
Virginia and party with some friends up there. So, they did
this and had a great time. However, with their hangovers
and everything, they overslept all day Sunday and didn't
make it back to Duke until early Monday morning.
Rather than taking the final then, what they did was to
find Professor Aldric after the final, and explain to him why
they had missed the it: They told him that they went up to
UVA for the weekend, and had planned to come back in time to
study, but had a flat tire on the way back, didn't have a spare,
couldn't get help for a long time, and so were late getting
back to campus. Aldric thought this over, and then agreed
that they could make up the final the following day.
The two guys were elated and relieved. So, they studied that
night, and went in the next day at the appointed time. Aldric
placed them in separate rooms, handed each a test booklet,
and told them to begin.
They looked at the first problem, which was something simple
about free radical formation, and worth 5 points. "Cool",
they thought, "this is going to be easy." They did that
problem, and then turned the page. They were unprepared,
however, for what they saw on the next page:
It said: (95 points) Which tire?