April's fool day

APRIL'S FOOL DAY April Fools' Day is on the ______________ April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The __________ Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you have until noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools' Day lasts the whole day. On this day, you never know _________ or _________ to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on their readers and viewers. _____________ people actually think the real news is an April Fools' joke.

Some of the most famous April Fools' jokes are quite amazing. My favorite happened in ___________. The BBC showed a documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti

trees!

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___________. They said all of the juice would drip out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the traditional right-handed burger. Other classic jokes include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to apply to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on __________-. If you believe that, you’ll believe anything!

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April's Fools day history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVCTkpVX2Y 1.- Who can you prank on april's fools day? a) friends b) family c) coworkers d) all answers are correct 2.- When is the belived April's fool day originated? a) 16th C b) 15th C c) 1500 d) 1492 3.- Where did it start? a) England b) France c) Portugal d) Spain 4.- How long were the New year's celebrations befor the Calendar was changed? a) 5 days b) 6 days c) 7 days d) 8 days 5.- When did England change their Calendar system? a) 1782 b) 1752 c) 17th C d) 1989 6.- Which tradition is true? a) In France they throw you flour b) In Portugal they throw you flour c) In England they trhow you flour d) In Holand they throw you flour 7.- At what time should jokes stop in England? a) at noon b) at midnight c) in the afternoon d) in the morning 8.- Join the years and the pranks 1996 a)Nixon for President 1992

b)Taco bell company buying the liberty bell

1977

c)a semi colon shape island been discovered

April Fool's Pranks - 10 Best Ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joWyV7Gp8Sg Here are the 10 greatest April Fool's Pranks.

Number ______ - A 1965 report by a newspaper in Copenhagen announced the passing of a new law which mandated all dogs to be painted white so they could be seen better at night.

Number ________- A 2000 report in The Independent stated that researchers in Florida had come up with a pill, similar to Viagra, for sexually unsatisifed pets.

Number ____ - In 1981, The Daily Mail reported that due to a translation error, a Japanese man thought the London marathon was 26 DAYS long vs. 26 miles and he was still out somewhere running.

Number _______- In 1996, a Taco Bell ad indicated that the company had bought the Liberty Bell and it was to be renamed to Taco Liberty Bell. When the White House press secretary was asked about this sale, he remarked that Lincoln Memorial had also been sold to its new owner Ford Motor Co. Number ________ - In 1998, Burger King launched a special whopper for left-handed people. Its USA Today ad claimed that the ingredients had been rotated 180 degrees to cater specifically to the left-handed citizens.

Number ________- In 1994, the PC Computing magazine informed readers of a Congressional Bill that would ban using the internet while being drunk. The report resulted in numerous angry calls by concerned citizens.

Number ________ - A New Mexicans for Science and Reasons newsletter published in April, 1998 reported that the state of Alabama had proposed to round off the value of pi and change it from 3.14 to 3.

Number _________- A 2008 BBC video showed that a tv crew had discovered flying penguins who traveled thousands of miles during each winter to enjoy the sun in South America.

Number __________ - A German radio station in 1993 reported that a new city law required runners to go no more than 6 miles per hour in the city park. They did not want to distract the squirrels who were going through their mating season.

Number ____ - On April 1st, 1957, BBC reported that due to a mild winter, Swiss farmers were seeing a spaghetti harvest and there was spaghetti hanging from the trees. Many phoned in asking how they could grow their own.