"The Little Prince was written by a saint: Exupéry"

Joe at ¡No Pasaran! points out for our amusement and edification some of the more amusing errors that French students have made on their baccalauréat exams (which amount, more or less, to a series of national university entrance tests).  "As the name indicates, the blues were invented by the blacks."  "The earth would be covered in ice were it not for the volcanos heating its interior."  "The chief exponent of Surrealism is Salvador Dalida." One more.  "The three states of matter are the solid state, the liquid state, and le tiers-état." Doubtless it's funnier that it's the poor French whose ignorance reveals itself: but Americans, alas....