April Fooled-Ya!

April Fooled-Ya!

7th - 12th Grade

9 Qs

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April Fooled-Ya!

April Fooled-Ya!

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7th - 12th Grade

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

April Fools celebrations began in _____.

1923

1608

1582

1975

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Hemingway

Shakespeare

Chaucer

Twain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Jamaica

Iceland

Mexico

Scotland

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

True

False

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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