“Were the exam questions difficult?”/“No, it was the answers that gave me trouble.”

Test questions aren’t difficult—test answers are. “I never had any problems with the questions on a test. It was the answers that i had trouble with” was posted on the newsgroup soc.sexuality.spanking on September 19, 1998. “TEACHER:‘We’re the questions hard?’ STUDENT:‘ooh, the questions were easy. It was the answers that I had trouble with’” was posted on Twitter by My Queen Britney on June 10, 2011.
   
“Exams never bothered me, it was always the answers that gave me trouble” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on April 15, 2019.
         
   
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SIR Gary G
9/19/98
I never had any problems with the questions on a test.
It was the answers that i had trouble with.
   
Twitter 
My Queen Britney
@MYQUEENBRITNEY
TEACHER:“We’re the questions hard?” STUDENT:“ooh, the questions were easy. It was the answers that I had trouble with” ..
9:17 AM - 10 Jun 2011
   
Twitter
Ami
@Jepic_sEction
Actually, the exam questions were easy.. It was the answers I had trouble with…
9:27 AM - 24 Nov 2012
 
Twitter
Afro-Smurf ⍟
@afro_smurf
Joes mum askd “n were the exam questins dificult?”
“They wernt bad at all”ha son replid“It was the answers that gave me all the trouble
3:13 PM - 13 Mar 2013
   
Twitter
MR ECHRIS MUSIC
@echris246
Were the exam questions difficult? Akpos: They weren’t bad at all, It was the answers that gave me all the trouble.
5:16 AM - 9 Apr 2013
     
Twitter 
Samraan Khan
@Samrankhan
Question never gave me trouble.
but the answers -_-
3:31 PM - 9 Jun 2013
 
Twitter
Al-amin Saleh
@alaminsaleh73
Mother:” Were the exam questions difficult?”
Son: “They weren’t bad at all,only the answers gave me all the trouble”.
5:50 PM - 1 Aug 2013
 
Twitter
Amaka McGrgor
@AmakaMcgrgor
After the final exam,
Mum: was the questions difficult?,
Akpos: no it was the answers that gave me trouble.
7:37 PM - 27 Sep 2013
   
Facebook
Facebøøk Comedy Club
November 25, 2013 ·
It was the end of the school year and Joey’s mother asked: “And were the exam questions difficult?”
“They weren’t bad at all,” her son replied. “It was the answers that gave me all the trouble.”
 
Twitter
Jen Reynolds
@jennay9514
“Were the exam questions difficult?”
“Not at all. It was the answers that gave me the trouble.”
Happy finals week!
12:03 AM - 15 Dec 2014
   
Twitter
Box The Box
@IAmBoxTheBox
It was the end of the school year and Joey’s mother asked: ‘‘And were the test questions difficult?’’  ‘‘They weren’t bad at all,’’ her son replied. ‘‘It was the answers that gave me all the trouble.’‘
1:29 AM - 16 Feb 2019
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/Jan_Tik April 15, 2019
Exams never bothered me, it was always the answers that gave me trouble.