Though it's little out of context as against the topic but over the time I've observed few things about the technical interviews:

a. I knew almost 80% of the technical questions they were going to ask (as almost all who interviewed me till date have got those lists from net, I guess).

b. Some interviewers look out for the flat answers they have found along with the questions on net. Any answer other than that will be an invitation to problems.

I feel for a fresher technical person or with little experience, it's fine to go with basics BUT with a senior technical person, along with the basics, interviewers should check out for the experience they gained. Also if throwing a "situation", objective should eb to check the approach to solve the issue OR get nearer to it (for me both will do as far as they are trying with any approach).

For those funny questions, i have yet to experience few... 🙂