April Fooled-Ya!

April Fools celebrations began in _____.

• 1923

• 1608

• 1582

• 1975

This fast food restaurant confused customers by claiming to have created a left-hander sandwich (tailored specifically to those with a dominant left hand)

• Burger King

• McDonald's

• Arby's

• KFC

In 1957 BBC reported that farmers from this country were experiencing extremely high yields of spaghetti crops this year (photos were shown of farmers pulling noodles from trees in)....

• Italy

• Portugal

• Poland

• Switzerland

In the late 19th and early 20th century the following symbol was used as an April Fool's Day indicator for the French...

• Pig

• Fish

• Cat

• Spider

The earliest literary reference to April Fool's Day was in a piece of writing by which author?

• Hemingway

• Shakespeare

• Chaucer

• Twain

This country celebrates April Fool's Day over the span of 2 days, the second is called "Taily" Day"...

• Jamaica

• Iceland

• Mexico

• Scotland

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In 2008 BBC convinced its viewers of the following spoof on April Fool's Day

• A new superfood had been created out of broccoli and carrots called a barrot

• Penguins had begun flying in the Arctic

• Dieticians have recently discovered that chocolate helps people lose weight

• Dentists have discovered that for an optimally clean mouth you should only brush once a week

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April Fool's Day is Considered a national holiday...

• True

• False

People speculate that April Fool's Day falls in April because...

• The changing of seasons at a quick rate are reflective of changing moods and practical jokes

• Hay fever makes people go loopy

• Because a lot of well known comedians are historically born in April

• Because April 1st corresponds with the Aries zodiac sign, the funniest zodiac