April Fools' Day Trivia
From spaghetti trees to paper fish, test your knowledge of history’s greatest hoaxes before you get clowned like a 16th-century Frenchman.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In a famous 1957 hoax, the BBC broadcast a segment claiming that Swiss farmers were harvesting what food item from trees?
Spaghetti
Which country’s 1564 decision to move New Year's Day from April to January is widely theorized to be the origin of April Fools' Day?
France
A classic April Fools' food prank involves dismantling an Oreo and replacing its sweet cream filling with what common bathroom staple?
Toothpaste
In 1996, which fast-food chain took out full-page newspaper ads claiming they had purchased the Liberty Bell to help reduce the national debt?
Taco Bell
What short, traditional phrase is typically shouted to reveal a prank and signal to the victim that they have been tricked?
April Fool!