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Updated 5 years ago,December 16, 2019
1.
Does chocolate milk come from a brown cow or a black and white cow?
College student asked me if chocolate milk comes from a brown cow or a black and white cow.
Element5 Digital
kpatsart
2.
Why did they name the galaxy after a candy bar?
Why did they name the galaxy after a candy bar?
CobraCustomerService
3.
Why is there so many words in this dictionary?
Why is there so many words in this dictionary?
This was a high school student.
jooby-the-nooby
4.
Is it true that mermaids evolved into dolphins?
Is it true that mermaids evolved intodolphins?'
HighTopsLowstandards
5.
Were cubes discovered in Cuba?
Were cubes discovered inCuba?'
bp1108
6.
Does Africa have night?
Its a toss-up between:
Does Africa have night?
or
Did Shakespeare writeThe Titanic?
TheSuperCactus
7.
If my grandma is dead, am I still alive?
One of my middle schoolers asked me recently, If my grandma is dead, am I still alive?
Both his grandmas are alive.
louxlouxlemon
8.
Are all of the guys at NASA named Houston?
I am 9 years into my teaching career, and only one question has ever been so dumb.
Her friend says you cant ask him that.
Naturally, my interest is piqued.
First off, how many guys have you met they are named Houston.
Second, what are the odds that there are 40 of them, IN THE SAME ROOM?!
LivingLosDream
9.
How did Hitler get to Berlin from Australia?
I did a walking tour in Berlin.
Someone asked the guide whats the worst question you have been asked?
he hesitated and said, Hitler was from AUSTRIA.
The tour guide said he almost felt bad but had to be honest.
AUS-TRAIL-A is the county you are from, AUS-TREE-A is a European country just next to Germany.'
somedude456
10.
Why doesnt California just drink the ocean water?
She asked if rocks were living organisms.
She asked why California doesnt just drink the ocean water.
In all honors classes somehow, just not the brightest.
hugedisaster
11.
Why are white people in charge of the government if black people were here first?
GoldenHourly
12.
Do you want us to write our names on it in English?
Do you want us to write our names on it in English?
asked the puzzled white American teenager in our rural American high school English class.
I STILL have no idea what she meant.
She was born and bred in Texas.
Comes from a long line of Texans.
She speaks no other languages.
She is not British.
Shes never been out of Texas.
And I STILL have no idea what she meant.
I didnt even respond.
I just stared at her in disbelief.
spit_in_my_eye
13.
Rushmore made by nature?
I had a handful of middle-school students insist that Mount Rushmore was a work of nature.
commercialproduct
14.
Would being vaporized by a nuclear bomb kill you?
Reaqzehz
15.
Why didnt they kill Saddam and Osama during WWII?
One of her best questions was this.
She also thinks Black History month is in honor of President Obama, who she always mistakes for Martin.
Luther King, Jr.
reignengine
16.
What is an ass-sump-tion?
It was a question about a question…
I was proctoring a university exam.
University kid, honors business program asks me, Okay, ummm, sorry, what is an ass-sump-tion?
billbapapa
17.
Is abstinence some kind of shot I can get?
In a US History class: Is abstinence some kind of shot I can get?
ihaveagreentie
18.
Is Zimbabwe the capital of Africa?
Is Zimbabwe the capital of Africa?
Two seconds later someone else then said what is the capital of Africa?
Dazza1910
19.
How did they put out fires before electricity?
In 7th grade a kid asked how they put out fires before electricity.
He thought water had to be refrigerated to put out a fire.
DrowzeeToad
20.
Will we have to give speeches in our public speaking class?
YBpleasegohomu
21.
I dreamed that I was raped by a foot.
What does it mean?
I am a high school science teacher.
Ive given this answer before, but Ill say it again here.
I had a student ask
Mr. Mookieprime, I dreamed that I was raped by a foot.
What does it mean?
Seeing my blank stare, she continued
You studied Physics, so you must know all about dreams.'
mookieprime
22.
Can I get a deferment on my take-home exam?
We have a take-home exam for the course.
Can I get a deferment?
That is the only stupid question I can actually think of.
troymcclurehere
23.
Why are all the states mixed up?
8th grade social studies teacher here.
Why are all the states mixed up?
oki-girl17
24.
Do people really like to have sex with donkeys?
Ms. Reddish, what is…. [cackling fit]porn?
Ms. Reddish, do people really like to have sex with donkeys?
ReddishWedding2018
25.
Isnt Mexico north of the United States?
Isnt Mexico north of the United States?
I thought Honduras was in Mexico?'
Daubrin
26.
If I do well on the final, will it help my grade at all?
If I do well on the final, will it help my grade at all?
Kaiju62
27.
Is a cell a molecule?
While I was proctoring an exam someone asked Is a cell a molecule?
This was in a senior, 400 level, biochemistry course.
Biohack
28.
Is Mexico part of the United States?
Had one of my bass players ask randomly if Mexico was a part of the United States.
iisniperrifleii
29.
If there is a New England, does that mean there is an old England?
If there is a New England, does that mean there is an old England?
Ive been asked some form of this question every year.
I teach high school, in America…
coffeeandbooksforme
30.
Can you see the equator from space?
Itz_MTCHL
31.
If a tsunami was on fire, would it still be filed under flood insurance?
If a tsunami was on fire, would it still be filed under flood insurance?
HemingWaysBeard42
32.
Are we safe being right next to the greenhouse?
My classroom is right next to the greenhouse.
We were going over climate change, carbon emissions etc.
I had said greenhouse gases are dangerous to the atmosphere.
Student asked with a very anxious tone are we safe here?
Quite worried at this point student followed with Are we safe being right next to the greenhouse?
Sophomore in high school.
ultimateredditor83
33.
You mean the sun isnt a planet?
You mean the sun isnt a planet?
This was in 10th grade.
