Here's a an admittedly easy question from this week's quiz. It practically begged kids to fill in the most ridiculous possible answers - and they did not disappoint.
QUESTION: What is a GHASTLY sight that a doctor might see in an emergency room?
FAIRLY STANDARD CORRECT ANSWERS
A dead body.
A man bleeding to death.
A bone sticking out of someone's body.
A patient who is horribly burned.
A compound fracture in a person's leg, where the bone pops out of the skin.ANSWERS THAT EARNED CREDIT, DESPITE BEING WEIRD
A: When a doctor is performing open-heart surgery.
Probably ghastly to me, but doctors who find this ghastly are probably in the wrong line of work.
A: Somebody who is deathly pale.
I mean... I guess everyone's definition of "ghastly" is subjective, but of all the possible situations you can imagine in an E.R., this one seems relatively un-ghastly.
A: An old guy's intesdins.
Younger guys' intestines are fine though. Bonus points for creative spelling.
A: A zombie coming out of a room.
But a zombie going into a room is preferable? Zombies are probably ghastly both in and out of hospitals, whether coming or going.
A: All the lights going out and something coming near him.
Depends what the "something" is. I do like the horror movie scenario, although it has nothing to do with his being a doctor.
A: A very mangled man.
Once upon a time there lived a very mangled man...
A: Someone impaled by a cactus.
lol
CORRECT ANSWERS THAT ARE ALSO GROSS
A: Someone who has been shot in the head multiple times.
Impressive that this person actually made it to the hospital.
Ew. Can't argue with this one though.
A: Someone's guts hanging out of their mouth.
Ew. Ditto.
A: When someone comes in and someone is burned so bad you can see there [sic] there organs. That would be horrible.
The editorial comment is helpful. Thanks for that.
A: Gangrene. Or Cherubism
I didn't know what Cherubism was before today. Thanks for making me Google that, kid.
A: Seeing a metal bar that went through someone's shoulder or face but their still alive and can see and hear you.
Phineas Gage?
A: A person's face that got burned and half of his face is melted and gone.
Harvey Dent? Gus Fring?
A: If she sees someone have a chainsaw through their neck.
Leatherface? Seriously though, bonus point for specifically identifying the doctor as female.
A: Someone with an arm turned around and bent towards their back, and a leg bent all the way to their chest.
Final Destination?A: A man with his legs and arms chopped off from an accident.
Still trying to imagine the kind of accident that conceivably yield this result.
A: Someone's eyes in there nose and hand in there mouth, separated from the arm.
Dude. Even Hannibal Lecter would find this excessive.
CORRECT, BUT WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?
A: Walking in the wrong door and seeing a man giving birth.
I like the idea that there is some restricted area in the hospital where men give birth. I guess there must be doctors who work there too, but if you didn't have clearance or you didn't know it existed, I guess it would be a ghastly sight indeed.
A: A penny inside a mouse inside a rat inside a cat inside a dog inside a bigger dog inside a snake inside a hawk inside a bear.
You win. I got nothing.
