Stupid Question Hall of Fame: The Week of 03/09

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) Occidental Submitted by Rory

  Genius: Can I do my term research paper on Malcolm The Tenth?
  
  Professor: The X is not a Roman Numeral.

• B) Vanier College Submitted by Ryan

  Professor: ‘I am.’ Is the shortest phrase in the English language.
  
  The Brilliance: What about, ‘I’m’?
  

• C) Valdosta State Submitted by Donny

  The professor was writing a sentence on the board and demonstrating when to use the preterit and imperfect form when conjugating verbs. He randomly chose the name Fred in the example…

  Lady Einstein: Are you talking about Fred from Harry Potter?
  
  

• D) Seattle U Submitted by Maybelle

  While a student is reading an excerpt from a poem…
  
  Valedictorian: I met a traveler from an… wait, uh, how do you pronounce the next word?
  
  Professor: You don’t know the word “antique”?

• E) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Submitted by Grant

  The teacher had a list of the Oscar winners along with some information about them including the length of each one. After going over the Best Live Action Short…

  She-nius: Why was it only 14 minutes long?