The following questions and answers were collected from last year's GCSE exams, and are some of the answers given by British students writing their fifth form GCSE Exams last year.

These are genuine responses from 16 year olds.
 
     

Geography


 
     
 Q: Name the four seasons.
 
     
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.


 
      Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to


           drink.
 
     
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large


           pollutant like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.


 
     
Q: How is dew formed?
 
     
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.


 
     
Q: What is a planet?
 
     
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.


 
     
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
 
     
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All  water 

 
           tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the


           moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in

 
           this fight
.

 


 

      Sociology
 
       Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
 
     
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.


 
     
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
 
     
A: Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an


           election.


 
     
Q
: What are steroids?
 
     
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

 


 

Biology


 
     
 Q: What happens to your body as you age?
 
     
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get


           intercontinental.


 

      Q
: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
 
     
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his


           adultery
.


 
     
Q
: What is artificial insemination?
 
     
A: When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.


 
      Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
 
     
A: Keep it in the cow. [He got an A]


 
      Q: How are the main parts of the body categorised? (e.g. abdomen.)
 
     
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the


           borax
the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax


           contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains


           the
five bowels, A,E,I,O and U.


 
      Q: What is the Fibula?
 
      A:
A small lie.

 

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