2009 Blogs

Genetics Gag

01/05/2010

This is the story of a good clean prank.

Background Story:

So I had a Genetics class last semester with some of the best classmates a student could ask for plus an instructor that has a great sense of humor too. The 1st week of class we had a quiz and one of the questions on the quiz was asking us the names of the people in our lab groups. Well my friend and classmate Matt freaked out and missed that question. Sorry Matt you panicked.

lol if you didn't it would not have laid the frame work for future events to come.

Anyways,every so often throughout the semester when an exam cam near he asked our Prof if a question like that was going to be on the quiz or exam. She replied no every time.

A few days prior to the final a few of us got together and studied, Matt included. While there we joked with Matt about that it would be funny if that question was on the exam...After Matt left and we took a break I had an idea. An idea that would lead to a great prank  pulled on campus!

The concept was simple, create a fake exam with questions with obvious answers and have the Prof hand it out somehow. Duplicate the 6 questions multiple times that would make up a full 1st page of an exam. By duplicating it several times it creates a thick 7page exam to give the illusion of it being real.

Here is what the questions were on the Fake Final Exam:

Genetics Final Exam Fall ‘09               Name: ___________________________
  1. Which One of these Students are in your Group:
    1. Aviles, Amanda Marie
    2. Burns, Brittany Nichole
    3. Ritchie II, Kenneth A
    4. Garringer, Matthew Orla
  1. Which One of these Students is in Jerry’s Group:
    1. May, Greg R
    2. Kathuria, Hitesh
    3. Helsley, Zackery Dean
    4. Brown, Tyson Harvey
  1. Which One of these people is your instructor for this course:
    1. Garringer, Matthew Orla
    2. Kathuria, Hitesh
    3. Greer, Kimberly
    4. Sabine, Neil B
  1. How long did you study for this exam:
    1. 1-3hours
    2. 4-6hours
    3. All day Yesterday
    4. All semester
  1. Have you figured out that this isn’t the real exam yet?
    1. Yes
    2. No
    3. Maybe
    4. WTF is going on? See next question to see who to slap
  1. What awesome student created this exam just to torture Matt?
    1. Richwine, Jerry
    2. Richwine, Jerry
    3. Richwine, Jerry
    4. Richwine, Jerry

So continuing... We typed that up and then on my way out I'd run it passed our prof just by chance to see if she would approve and go in on it. I mentioned it to her and well, she agreed! lol I didn't even have to do any convincing. She thought it was a great idea.

The day of the exam came, and the plan was as she handed out our exam she would set this one on top to hand out to matt specifically. Now bare in mind the entire class was notified of this and waited for Matt to start taking it. I managed to also hide my camera and video tape it. here are the results!

SO there ya go! I had to take the video in 2 parts because Matt kept looking up and around "like is this for real" look. lol

Enjoy. Cya on campus. Oh and message for all fellow classmates you are unsafe from pranks from me just to let you know for future reference.