Your hidden talent?

I take attendance by having the students ask a question.

Of course, the class is full of very talented people. In addition to a slew of musical instrument and dancing skills, my class harbors many unusually-talented students. Parse that as you will.

What is one of your hidden talents?

• vaguely ambidextrous
• hiding my talents
• eating copious amounts of food
• tying shoelaces
• can make a bubbly noise in awkward silences
• sleeping
• Bejeweled
• I have 3 arms.
• hiding

Today's prevention of semantic/logical loops goes to: "It wouldn't be hidden if I told you."

This post's theme word is sub rosa, "secretly, privately, or confidentially." The students submitted their homework sub rosa; I have no idea why.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

I take attendance by having the students answer a question.

This one might have been very cultural-reference-specific, but... I honestly want to know.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

• African or European?

Okay, I deserved that. Other answers included:

• 2
• 3.00*10^8 m/s
• 3
• 50 minutes (one algorithms class)
• c=2.78*10^8 m/s
• 10mph
• 574mph
• -9.8m/s
• 5
• 12 knots
• 20mph west
• depends on mass of coconut
• 25mph, depending on African or European

I'm worried by the units (or lack thereof) on some of those answers.

And on a less quantitative level:

• What's an unladen swallow?
• as fast as it can dream
• The swallow is the center of the universe. All moves relative to it.
• very fast
• Will this be on the exam?
• faster than me
• impossible to measure

This post's theme word placentious (adj), "pleasing or inclined to please." The students are placentious indeed.