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[bookaholicgirl]

Best wrong answers from the Michigan High School State Quiz Bowl Tournament:

Apparently Titania and Oberon are either characters in King Lear or Macbeth.

The four tallest mountains in the western hemisphere are in Tibet.

And my personal favorite, O Brother Where Art Thou as an answer when the correct answer was Mourning Becomes ElectraPeace

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[lost_romanov]

And my personal favorite, O Brother Where Art Thou as an answer when the correct answer was Mourning Becomes Electra.

that's hilarious. we had a similar gaffe in one of my classes last semseter. it was a survey course of classic lit, and some of the kids got a little confused about the difference between mythological characters and actual people.
one girl said, "did heracles live before or after alcibiades?"

[seekinghim]

Brother Where Art Thou as an answer when the correct answer was Mourning Becomes Electra.

*snort* that's great!

and wow - only 2 weeks? how exciting (and scary) :)