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This is too funny.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1750279

 

Selected questions from the final exam in Jim Harrick Jr.'s Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball course

 

How many players are allowed to play at one time on any one team in a regulation game?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

How many halves are in a college basketball game?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

What is the name of the exam which all high school seniors in the State of Georgia must pass?

a. Eye Exam

b. How Do The Grits Taste Exam

c. Bug Control Exam

d. Georgia Exit Exam

 

In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?

a. Ron Jursa [sic]

b. John Pelphrey

c. Jim Harrick Jr.

d. Steve Wojciechowski

 

Source: University of Georgia

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It isn't D, dummy. Obviously it is a trick question, because the right answer isn't on there. If a field goal is 2 points, then a 3-pt field goal is worth three field goals, so 2 x 3 = 7. And 7 is not an option.

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Here is the whole test:

 

The 20-question final exam that Jim Harrick Jr. gave to students in his Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball course in the fall of 2001:

 

1. How many goals are on a basketball court?

 

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

2. How many players are allowed to play at one time on any one team in a regulation game?

 

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

 

3. In what league to [sic] the Georgia Bulldogs compete?

 

a. ACC

b. Big Ten

c. SEC

d. Pac-10

 

4. What is the name of the coliseum where the Georgia Bulldogs play?

 

a. Cameron Indoor Arena

b. Stegeman Coliseum

c. Carrier Dome

d. Pauley Pavilion

 

5. How many halves are in a college basketball game?

 

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

6. How many quarters are in a high school basketball game?

 

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

7. How many points does one field goal account for in a Basketball Game?

 

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

8. How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?

 

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

 

9. How many officials referee a college basketball game?

 

a. 2

b. 4

c. 6

d. 3

 

10. How many teams are in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Tournament?

 

a. 48

b. 64

c. 65

d. 32

 

11. What is the name of the exam which all high school seniors in the State of Georgia must pass?

 

a. Eye Exam

b. How Do The Grits Taste Exam

c. Bug Control Exam

d. Georgia Exit Exam

 

12. What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in home games?

 

a. White

b. Red

c. Black

d. Silver

 

13. What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in away games?

 

a. Pink

b. Blue

c. Orange

d. Red

 

14. How many minutes are played in a college basketball contest?

 

a. 20

b. 40

c. 60

d. 90

 

15. How many minutes are played in a high school basketball game?

 

a. 15

b. 30

c. 32

d. 45

 

16. Diagram the 3-point line.

 

17. Diagram the half-court line.

 

18. How many fouls is a player allowed to have in one Basketball game before fouling out in that game?

 

a. 3

b. 5

c. 7

d. 0

 

19. If you go on to become a huge coaching success, to whom will you tribute [sic] the credit?

 

a. Mike Krzyzewski

b. Bobby Knight

c. John Wooden

d. Jim Harrick Jr.

 

20. In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?

 

a. Ron Jursa [sic]

b. John Pelphrey

c. Jim Harrick Jr.

d. Steve Wojciechowski

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11. What is the name of the exam which all high school seniors in the State of Georgia must pass?

 

a. Eye Exam

b. How Do The Grits Taste Exam

c. Bug Control Exam

d. Georgia Exit Exam

Heh, the answer is B!

 

19. If you go on to become a huge coaching success, to whom will you tribute [sic] the credit?

 

a. Mike Krzyzewski

b. Bobby Knight

c. John Wooden

d. Jim Harrick Jr.

 

20. In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?

 

a. Ron Jursa [sic]

b. John Pelphrey

c. Jim Harrick Jr.

d. Steve Wojciechowski

 

Now this is just ego masturbation.

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I can't believe Harrick Jr. tried to fool those guys by putting 64 and 65 for the "how many teams are in the NCAA Tourney

 

In fairness at my school I took a team & individual sports final that consisted of 10 softball questions:

 

Define a ball

 

Define a strike

 

Name all nine positions

 

How many people play the field in recreation softball?

 

Name the different ways you can get out.

 

There were a few others I do not remember, but the funniest was right before the test, some guy asked the professor if we had to know the difference in distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate in college vs. rec softball. Her response:

 

"There won't be any question that hard."

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I had a professor in college who would give us 44 question exams and to make it a 45 question test he's have:

 

 

#45 The answer is A

 

 

 

A.

 

 

 

 

He wouldn't have any other choices on it either.

 

 

Heck my last semester before college, I had this music professor for 2 seperate classes. He hurt his knee the day before the first final. He couldn't make it in to give the exam. So the department secretary walks in, passes a roll sheet, and said "everyone that signed it, gets a 100% on the exam." That worked out great b/c I needed a 100% to get an A for the course.

 

And then in the other class I had for him, he was able to make it later in the week for the other final. Thing is there was a listening section worth 40% of the test, but the equipment was in the back of the classroom and he couldn't manuever through the 80 something desks with his crutches. And since student aren't allowed to touch the equipment, and it was a 7:30 class, no one else could do it.

 

He spotted us the 40% for that test.

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19. If you go on to become a huge coaching success, to whom will you tribute [sic] the credit?

 

a. Mike Krzyzewski

b. Bobby Knight

c. John Wooden

d. Jim Harrick Jr.

 

20. In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?

 

a. Ron Jursa [sic]

b. John Pelphrey

c. Jim Harrick Jr.

d. Steve Wojciechowski

 

Now this is just ego masturbation.

 

Actually, he wasn't the right answer to either question.

 

This way, no one would get a 100% on the exam since everyone would THINK it was ego-centric when he wasn't the right answer.

 

See! He was crafty!

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We had a exam in gym class every year in high school and it was the same test every year.

 

They had some trick questions on there.

 

How many outs in a inning?

 

Is basketball a contact sport?

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