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April Fools' Day Trivia
Uncover the wildest pranks and most jaw-dropping hoaxes in April Fools' Day history! From the BBC's spaghetti harvest to Google's legendary gags, these mind-blowing facts about the world's funniest holiday will leave you stunned.
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Which tech giant became famous for releasing elaborate fake products every April 1st?
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In Scotland, what is April Fools' Day traditionally called?
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What famous 1957 BBC broadcast convinced viewers that spaghetti grew on trees?
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Which 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated featured a fake story about a pitcher named Sidd Finch?
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What classic toy is used for pranks and squirts water from a fake flower?
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What is a common food-based April Fools' prank that involves filling a doughnut with an unexpected condiment?
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What year did Google launch its first-ever April Fools' prank, Google MentalPlex?
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In what century is April Fools' Day believed to have become widely popular in Europe?
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Which specific Chaucer tale is often cited as the earliest literary reference to April Fools' Day, involving a trick played on what date in March?
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In the United Kingdom, by what time should April Fools' pranks traditionally stop?
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Which pizza chain announced it was planting a pizza garden on the moon for April Fools' Day in 2001?
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What fictional Sports Illustrated pitcher Sidd Finch could supposedly throw a fastball at what speed?
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In 2017, what did Elon Musk joke about starting on April 1st?
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In 2010, which city temporarily renamed itself to match Google's April Fools' joke?
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What is the main tradition associated with April Fools' Day?
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Which European country's tradition involves sending someone on a fool's errand to deliver a sealed letter that reads 'send the fool further'?
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The Planetary Society's April Fools' 2005 press release claimed to have received a signal from space containing what message?
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What prank product do stores sell that makes a loud noise when someone sits down?
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What common prank involves putting googly eyes on food in the refrigerator?
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What everyday object is sometimes replaced with a realistic rubber version as a prank?
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Which popular prank involves replacing the cream in Oreo cookies with a white substance?
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In 2015, which company's April Fools' 'Mic Drop' feature accidentally sent GIFs in real business emails, causing an uproar?
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What internet trend involves creating obviously fake but funny news articles on April 1st?
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What reaction do pranksters hope to get from their April Fools' victims?
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In 2006, which company announced it had created edible paper that tasted like its food products for April Fools'?
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The Tower of London 'Washing of the White Lions' hoax is one of the oldest recorded April Fools' pranks, dating back to approximately what year?
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Which specific technique did the Panorama spaghetti tree hoax use to make the segment convincing, involving the narrator's reputation?
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In the 1977 Guardian San Serriffe hoax, what were the two main islands of the fictional nation named?
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In 1965, BBC Television reportedly broadcast a special interview about a new technology that could transmit what through television screens?
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In 2016, what was the name of Google's April Fools' prank that created a paired experience via Cardboard called 'Google Cardboard Plastic'?
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What do you call someone who falls for an April Fools' joke?
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What did the Australian news show Today report had been built overnight in Sydney Harbour on April 1, 2016?
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In 2005, NASA published an April Fools' page about discovering what on Mars?
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Which cereal brand once announced it was adding vegetables to its product on April 1st?
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What famous newspaper published a story in 1993 about a new regulation requiring all American cars to be painted bright orange for safety?
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Which auto manufacturer ran an April Fools' ad in 2017 for a dog-operated car called the 'Bark Mode'?
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In 2016, Google announced users could send emails via what unusual method as an April Fools' joke?
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What was the title of the subheading used in the Sports Illustrated Sidd Finch article that secretly spelled out 'Happy April Fools Day'?
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In 1996, Taco Bell claimed it bought the Liberty Bell and would rename it what?
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Which 1974 April Fools' prank involved a man burning tires inside a dormant volcano in Sitka, Alaska, making residents believe it was erupting?
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What is a 'Poisson d'Avril' shaped like when French children stick it on someone's back?
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Which 1980 BBC broadcast announced that Big Ben's clock face would be converted to a digital display?
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Which country celebrates 'Dia da Mentira' (Day of the Lie) on April 1st?
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In France, what is stuck on people's backs as an April Fools' prank?
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On what date is April Fools' Day celebrated each year?
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Which classic prank involves telling someone their shoelaces are untied?
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Which American late-night host is known for elaborate April Fools' segments?
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What did Volkswagen announce as a fake name change for its U.S. operations in April 2021?
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What simple prank involves putting a sign on someone's back without them noticing?
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Which fast food chain ran an April Fools' ad in 1996 claiming to be the official sponsor of the U.S. national debt?
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The 1957 spaghetti tree hoax was filmed in which specific location in Switzerland?
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Which fast food chain announced a 'Left-Handed Whopper' on April 1, 1998?
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What is the French name for April Fools' Day, which translates to 'April Fish'?
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What did Taco Bell famously claim it had purchased on April 1, 1996?
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In India, what is the festival closest in spirit to April Fools' Day, celebrated on March 31st?
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In 1992, NPR's Talk of the Nation ran an April Fools' segment where Richard Nixon announced he was running for president again under what campaign slogan?
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Which Dutch expression about April Fools' Day references the Duke of Alba losing what item on April 1st?
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Which British newspaper ran a 1977 supplement about the fictional island nation of San Serriffe?
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What type of tree did the 1957 BBC hoax claim spaghetti grew on?
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What classic office prank involves wrapping a coworker's desk items?
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What color food coloring is commonly used to dye milk green as a prank?
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In 2014, Google Maps introduced a feature that let users do what on April Fools' Day?
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In Google's 2011 April Fools' prank, what product was announced as 'Gmail Motion' that let users compose emails how?
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In 2013, which video platform announced it was shutting down and would spend the next decade choosing a winner from all uploaded videos?
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Which BBC television presenter narrated the famous 1957 spaghetti tree hoax broadcast?
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Which 2012 Google prank introduced an 8-bit version of what product?
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In the 1957 BBC spaghetti tree hoax, approximately how many viewers called in to ask how to grow their own spaghetti tree?
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Google's TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider) prank in 2007 claimed to deliver broadband through what infrastructure?
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What is the second day of Scotland's two-day April Fools' tradition called, which focuses on rear-end pranks?
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Which social media platform commonly sees fake announcements from brands on April 1st?
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Which airline announced it would offer 'baby-free zones' on flights as an April Fools' joke?
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Which popular prank involves swapping the sugar container with salt?
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In 2009, which website announced it was shutting down and redirecting all searches to 'the last website you'll ever need'?
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In the 1998 Burger King Left-Handed Whopper prank, what did the ad claim was rotated 180 degrees?
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Which museum held an April Fools' exhibition in 2009 claiming to have discovered a fairy skeleton?
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In which century did Dutch tradition reportedly celebrate April Fools' with the saying 'Op 1 april verloor Alva zijn bril'?
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In 2002, the British supermarket chain Tesco published an ad for a genetically modified 'whistling carrot' that did what when fully cooked?
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In 1998, which newsletter published a story that Alabama was changing the mathematical value of pi to exactly 3?
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The Sports Illustrated 'Sidd Finch' article was written by which celebrated author?
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What happened to Oliver 'Porky' Bickar's Mount Edgecumbe tire-burning prank when the Coast Guard helicopter investigated?
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What was the name of the fictional island nation in the Guardian's 1977 prank, and what shape was it supposedly in?
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In 2017, Reddit's r/place experiment ran for how many hours before the final canvas was frozen?
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Which London newspaper ran a 1981 April Fools' story about a Japanese runner named Kimo Nakajimi who got lost and was still running the London Marathon?
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Which Google April Fools' prank let users play Pac-Man on Google Maps?
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In 2003, what did BMW advertise as a new feature that would allow drivers to do on the road?
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In 2016, Samsung announced an April Fools' product โ the 'Internet of Trousers.' What did it supposedly do?
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Which candy company once announced a flavor-changing candy bar for April Fools'?
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In what part of the calendar year does April 1st fall?
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What did Virgin Atlantic's Richard Branson announce as an April Fools' joke in 2014?
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Which TV network has aired April Fools' specials and prank-themed episodes?
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How many full-page ads did Taco Bell purchase in major U.S. newspapers for its 1996 Liberty Bell prank?
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In Poland, April Fools' Day is known as what?
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Which theory connects April Fools' Day to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, when New Year's moved from late March to January 1st?
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In Oliver Bickar's 1974 Mount Edgecumbe volcano prank, what specific material did he use to create the black smoke, and how did he transport it?
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What did Samsung jokingly announce in 2013 โ a phone feature that could do what with your eyes?
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Which 1976 BBC Radio broadcast by astronomer Patrick Moore claimed that a planetary alignment would temporarily reduce Earth's gravity?
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What is a 'prank call' that people commonly make on April Fools' Day?
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What Geoffrey Chaucer work from 1392 contains what some scholars consider the earliest reference to April Fools' traditions?
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Which tech company announced the 'Petlexa' device on April 1, 2018, claiming pets could place orders through a voice assistant?
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Which major car company once ran an April Fools' ad claiming it invented a car that runs on water?
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What did BMW advertise in its 2015 April Fools' prank claiming to have invented?
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What was the name of the fictional Sports Illustrated pitcher in their 1985 April Fools' article, supposedly from which unusual country?
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The Guardian's 1977 April Fools' supplement about San Serriffe was a pun on what typographic term?
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In Italy, what is April Fools' Day called?
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What do many websites do to their homepages on April 1st?
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Which April 1, 1998 newsletter hoax about the Alabama legislature changing the value of pi was written by what physicist?
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In 2000, Google MentalPlex instructed users to do what while staring at an animated GIF to 'search with their minds'?
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Which breakfast cereal brand ran an April Fools' campaign in 2019 announcing a savory bacon-flavored version of its product?
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In what year did Google introduce Google Nose, a fake feature claiming to let users search for smells?
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In Google's 2014 Pokรฉmon Maps challenge, how many hidden Pokรฉmon could players find on Google Maps?
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What happens in Australia on April 1st in terms of seasons?
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In the NPR Nixon prank of 1992, who actually voiced the fake Richard Nixon announcement?
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What sweet prank food looks like a real food item but is actually made of cake?
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Which ancient Roman festival, celebrated around late March, involved costumes and mockery of authority similar to April Fools'?
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Which 2019 Google April Fools' prank turned Google Maps into a version of what classic game?
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Reddit's 2013 April Fools' experiment divided the site into two teams. What were they called?
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In 2011, what did Reddit's April Fools' experiment 'Reddit Mold' do to users who received it?
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In Patrick Moore's 1976 BBC Radio prank about reduced gravity, at what specific time did he tell listeners to jump to experience weightlessness?
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Which day of the week did April Fools' Day fall on in 2024?
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What was the name of the fictional documentary the BBC aired in 2008 showing penguins flying, and what was the claimed destination?
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Which 2020 April Fools' prank was notably cancelled by many companies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Google being the first major company to announce it would skip the tradition?
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What common household item is often placed under a toilet seat as an April Fools' prank?
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In 1934, which American newspaper published an April Fools' photo of a man flying through the air using a device called a 'Breathtaking Apparatus'?
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Which month comes right before April Fools' Day?
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In 2004, Google announced what free email service on April 1st, which people initially assumed was a joke?
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What happened when thousands of Burger King customers actually requested the 'Left-Handed Whopper' in stores?
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Richard Branson's 1989 UFO hot air balloon prank over London caused Surrey police to dispatch how many officers to investigate?
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Which 1860 London newspaper reportedly sent invitations to people for the 'Annual Ceremony of the Washing of the White Lions at the Tower of London'?
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What year did the tradition of April Fools' Day reportedly begin to appear in English literature?
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In 1949, a New Zealand DJ announced on the radio that what large swarm was heading toward the city?
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What does the phrase 'April fish' refer to in French-speaking countries?
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In Iran, pranks and jokes are played on the 13th day of the Persian New Year, known as what?
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What did Reddit do to its platform as an April Fools' social experiment in 2017?
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Which country's national newspaper Dagens Nyheter published a 1962 April Fools' piece about a nylon stocking TV trick?
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In 1962, Swedish television's April Fools' prank told viewers to stretch nylon stockings over their TV screens to see color โ how many people reportedly tried it?
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What year did Reddit first begin its tradition of annual April Fools' social experiments?
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In the 2008 BBC Flying Penguins prank, which presenter narrated the segment about penguins that could fly to the Amazon rainforest?
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What did the Swedish television network SVT broadcast in color for the first time as an April Fools' prank in 1962?
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What was the exact headline of the Taco Bell Liberty Bell ad that ran in major newspapers on April 1, 1996?
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In Denmark, April Fools' Day pranks are traditionally carried out on what date?
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In Google's 2007 April Fools' prank, what fake free internet service was announced for residents of San Francisco?
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In 2010, the Topeka, Kansas city council officially renamed the city to what for one day in response to Google's prank?
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Which 2018 Google prank added what feature to Google Maps that let users follow a character through streets?
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In 2015, Google's Gmail Mic Drop prank added a button that did what alongside the send button?
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Which fictional Google service claimed it could let users apply for a job on the Moon?
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In 2008, the BBC announced a colony of what animals had been discovered that could fly?
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In 1989, which billionaire entrepreneur flew over London in a hot air balloon shaped like a UFO as an April Fools' stunt?
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What fictional Google product promised to let users search the internet using their thoughts?
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In which hemisphere does April Fools' Day fall during autumn?
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What did IKEA humorously announce as a new product for dogs on April 1st?
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