Stupid Question Hall of Fame: The Week of 10/31

The Stupid Question Hall of Fame is back again, ready to embarrass the kids who cheapen your degree. Remember the rules – If you send in the absolute stupidest, you get a free BustedTee. Read all five and cast your vote. And, if you heard something stupid in class this week, send it to me at CollegeHumor.com/StupidQuestions.

• A) Hunter CollegeSubmitted by Tess

  When explaining the impact of telegraph lines on the European military…
  
  Professor: The telegraphs used morse code, a series of dots and dashes to convey military messages over long distances.
  
  Dean’s List: Was that what blind people used to talk?

• B) Southern Illinois University CarbondaleSubmitted by Seth

  During the discussion section after a lecture about the discovery of the New World…
  
  Genius: Wait, so you mean Columbus was actually looking for something when he found America?

• C) Penn StateSubmitted by Trevor

  We were talking about the House of Representatives. The professor explained the act of gerrymandering as “Dividing a region into voting districts to give one party an unfair advantage in the election.“  As soon as she had finished that sentence, one Einstein spoke up…

Einstein Jr.: So who is Gerry Mandering?


• D) University of Maryland- College ParkSubmitted by Brian

  My TA was talking about how degrees of longitude and latitude could be separated into minutes and seconds.

The Brilliance: Do they have a set speed that they travel when they figure out how many minutes away from the line they are?


• E) NortheasternSubmitted by Sean

  Professor: For this next assignment, you’ll have to work in pairs.
  Valedictorian: Do we have to work in pairs?
  Professor: Yes.
  Valedictorian: Like two?