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Exam questions that never made it on the paper

  • 10-05-2014 5:11pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭


    Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of the means with which Henry VIII executed his wives.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Threads that never got locked.






    This is not one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭CINCLANTFLT


    Two in the pink and one in the stink... compare and contrast.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Prove x^n + y^n does not equal z^n, where n is any positive integer greater than 2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    "The introduction of water charges in Ireland have made a positive contribution to societal morale and economics." - Michael Noonan

    Discuss.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Plath and Heaney on the English Paper 2 of the Leaving Cert 2012 :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Discuss the philosophical considerations and ramifications of the question "who came first, the chicken or the egg?".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    this post is blank


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Find x. When you find it, find the rest of the alphabet in numerical order.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Brian Lenihan's Leaving Cert economics paper probably didn't feature:

    Outline the reasons why nationalising the debts of ineffectively regulated private financial institutions may be a bad idea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    British rule in Ireland and its deep cultural, social and political influences have had a largely beneficial effect on our society. Discuss. :pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Spell "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", without looking at how we spelled it in the question.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Outline the advantages and disadvantages of this years exam paper. How can we improve?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Plath and Heaney on the English Paper 2 of the Leaving Cert 2012 :rolleyes:

    It seems everyone always wants Plath. Thank god she came up for us in 07, I was royally fcuked otherwise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Account for the genus Brian Cowen with reference to Darwin's Theory of Evolution.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Almost 1 million people died in the Irish potato famine.
















    Name them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    dee_mc wrote: »
    Almost 1 million people died in the Irish potato famine.


    Name them.

    Mary and John...

    Half marks isn't bad.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Standard maths equation,

    John has 2 apples and Mary has 4 oranges, what colour are my socks?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Mary and John...

    Half marks isn't bad.

    Chase those attempt marks Wretcheddomain!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭dmc17


    Q1. What is up with that rain?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Provide a critical account for why 1 divided by 0 is defined as undefined.
    dmc17 wrote: »
    Q1. What is up with that rain?

    It's coming down Sir.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Discuss what your teacher told you to like about this poet, yanno all that **** about imagery and onamatacetipeda that you just love all of a sudden.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    If x is pushed with a force of 10N and y moving with an acceleration of 2m/s.How mamy oranges does mary have?

    And that sums up engineering.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Prove that God exists, the Muslim God.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    Mathematic Lower Level L.C.

    Martin has built a bunker somewhere in North Kerry. It is 25 sq metres. Having stored 5 tons of Semtex and 120 AK47s how much space will he have to bury three averaged sized people he executes on suspicion of being informers?

    Psychology. 1st Year.

    If a person consistently denies ever being a member of the Provisional I.R.A. how long does it take before anyone actually believes him?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Wanda eats five pizzas and seven bags of chips per day. Her cousin Magda drinks fifteen pints but only three bags of chips. What did you eat today and provide reasons for your answer?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,009 ✭✭✭umop.episdn


    If Noah has 7 of every animal, prove the fact that his 450 ft long, by 150 ft wide by 75 foot high boat had enough space for them all....and that he swung by Australia for the platypus & onto the south pole for some penguins


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    If you earn 2 million euro per annum, pay 10% tax on your first 30k and 20% on the balance, why the hell are you sitting this exam?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Justify the statement that atheists are more intelligent than religious people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Polka_Dot


    The ones I studied for :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Compare and contrast the domestic policies of boards.ie and Nazi Germany.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Discuss the roles played by women in Macbeth and contrast the characters of Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff (remember to regurgitate the three quotes that you bothered to memorise regardless of if they are relevant to this question)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Shakespeare is a grossly overrated writer who plagiarised much of his work from Arabic sources. Is there any evidence to justify this statement?

    Clue: The answer is no.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Analyse the statement that Joan Burton is actually a baby giraffe.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Phil Hogan is minister for the environment.

    Explain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    Art paper II:

    Draw a portrait of the prophet Muhammed.


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  • Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If a train takes two hours, fifteen minutes and 32 seconds to complete a journey of 250km, calculate its speed in furlongs per fortnight!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    History: Outline four ways in which Adolf Hitler has been undeservedly demonized by historians.

    English Paper I: Choose an essay title from the list below and write it.
    - 1: My first sexual experience, in graphic detail.

    CSPE: Outline two negative consequences of further EU integration.

    Business Studies: Describe in as much detail as possible how best to set up a tax evasion scheme in the Cayman Islands.

    Chemistry: Describe how one might distill drinkable vodka at home.

    Biology: Boobs. Discuss.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Analyse the statement that Joan Burton is actually a baby giraffe.

    O_O
    What has been seen, can never be unseen. :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    David Icke believes that Queen Elizabeth II is of a "reptilian nature". Is he right? Justify your answer by reference to three sharp body parts of Queen Elizabeth II.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭robman60


    Doing the LC this year, this is pretty much what the comparative involves.

    Contrast a mentally deficient nobody named Josie with a 12th century Scottish king named Macbeth.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭mrkiscool2


    In Game of Thrones, Hodor experiences a wide range of emotional and psychological problems. Discuss (use relevant quotes from the show to back-up your points)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    "All PE teachers are pedophiles"

    Discuss.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,875 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Is is is? Or isn't it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    wazky wrote: »
    Standard maths equation,

    John has 2 apples and Mary has 4 oranges, what colour are my socks?


    I think you've confused maths equations and cryptic crossword clues


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Phil Hogan is minister for the environment.

    Explain.


    He's a godlike genius compared to martin cullen


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    He's a godlike genius compared to martin cullen

    I give you a 'D' grade for effort. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    Brian Lenihan's Leaving Cert economics paper probably didn't feature:

    Outline the reasons why nationalising the debts of ineffectively regulated private financial institutions may be a bad idea.

    Is that the exam his son was caught cheating in?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    wazky wrote: »
    Standard maths equation,

    John has 2 apples and Mary has 4 oranges, what colour are my socks?

    Foundation maths
    John and Mary had 5 apples and 3 bananas. How many letters is there in John's name

    (a) Yellow
    (b) 4
    (c) All of the above

    Ordinary maths
    Find the equation of the line crossing through the points (7,3) and (12,10)

    Higher maths
    Prove that for any compact simple gauge group G, a non-trivial quantum Yang–Mills theory exists on R and has a mass gap Δ > 0. Existence includes establishing axiomatic properties at least as strong as those cited in Streater & Wightman (1964), Osterwalder & Schrader (1973) and Osterwalder & Schrader (1975).


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Prove x^n + y^n does not equal z^n, where n is any positive integer greater than 2.

    [latex]3,987^{12} + 4,365^{12} = 4,472^{12}[/latex]

    Nimrod: 1
    Fermat: 0



    I do feel obliged to say that it doesn't actually work and it's off by around 0.000000007.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    [latex]3,987^{12} + 4,365^{12} = 4,472^{12}[/latex]

    Nimrod: 1
    Fermat: 0

    How many decimal places are you rounding to there? :p


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