Mr. Brown, my 10th grade American History teacher returned one of my quiz papers to me with the comment "We don't need any more of your smart alec answers."
Only two answers I remember are.
Describe the following:
Amendment Bil: my answer The way Bill Amendment's name appears on his permanent file.
Excise Tax: my answer When you want to stick something to the way, you use tax. When you want to stick an excise to the wall, you use excise tax.
Mr. Brown had us all fill in a personal info card first day of class. One of the fields was "Comments". I wrote, "I don't want to scare you or anything, but my father said if I didn't pass the course, someone was going to get a real beating".
I guess he had no sense of humor.