Tricky examiners

A couple tricks come to mind. The Arrow turn on the exterior lights
to dim the gear down lights. This did not catch me since i was warned
by a friend who had an Arrow. Another cute trick is for the examiner
to place a piece of safety wire under the engine compartment to see if
the pilot performing the pre-flight will find it.

My favorite trick happened during my multi-engine check ride. I
noticed another plane in the vicinity while performing clearing
turns. My attention was locked on it until it was clear. Imagine my
surprise when the right hand engine quit! The examiner had his hands
in his lap! I went thru the shut down and restart procedure and found
that he had turned the fuel off when I wasn't looking. He previously
had covered the throttle quadrant with a chart when pulling an engine.