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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
I hope that you avoid being tricked on April Fool's Day
tomorrow! It's amazing some of the hoaxes that have been
pulled off on this day. Here's just a few examples from
Wikipedia...
* In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that
people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whose
condiments were designed to drip out of the right side. Not
only did customers order the new burgers, but some
specifically requested the "old", right-handed burger.
* In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in
The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the
Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it
the "Taco Liberty Bell." When asked about the sale, White
House press secretary Mike McCurry replied tongue-in-cheek
that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and would
henceforth be known as the Lincoln Mercury Memorial.
* The BBC television program Panorama ran a famous hoax in
1957, showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees.
They had claimed that the despised pest, the spaghetti
weevil, had been eradicated. A large number of people
contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their
own spaghetti trees.
* In 2008, the BBC reported on a newly discovered colony
of flying penguins. An elaborate video segment was even
produced, featuring Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame)
walking with the penguins in Antarctica, and following
their flight to the Amazon rainforest.
* George Plimpton wrote a 1985 article in Sports
Illustrated about a New York Mets prospect named Sidd
Finch, who could throw a 168 mph (270 km/h) fastball with
pinpoint accuracy. This kid, known as "Barefoot"
Sidd[hartha] Finch, reportedly learned to pitch in a
Buddhist monastery. The first letter of each word in the
article subhead spelled out the fact of its being an April
Fool joke.
Enjoy!
Melissa
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our
experience comes from our foolishness."
HINT: (1885-1957), French film actor, director, screenwriter
and playwright.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
In the Julian calendar, April 1st was designated as the New
Year's Day and was so celebrated till 1582, when Pope
Gregory XIII ordered the adoption of the new Gregorian
Calendar, which specified January 1st as the New Year's Day.
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Many French resisted the New Year's Day change, and as a
result they were dubbed fools and made the victim of pranks.
They were sent on 'fool's errands,' delivered fake
invitations for parties and tricked into believing things
that weren't true.
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Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was
provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston
University. He explained that the practice began during the
reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and
fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better
job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a
jester named Kugel to be king for one day.
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In some places, one is only allowed to play jokes until
noon for the jokes played after that time are supposed to
bring bad luck to the perpetrator. It has also been
believed that victims should endure the pranks with a smile
or else they might suffer bad luck.
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The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish."
French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the
back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when
the prank is discovered.
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A possible reference to April Fools' Day can be seen in the
Canterbury Tales (ca 1400) in the Nun's Priest's tale, a
tale of two fools: Chanticleer and the fox, which took
place on March 32nd.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
When grownups do this it may annoy
but is usually cute by a little girl or boy
sometimes it's triggered by the dumbest things
it can even be triggered when someone sings
don't get started
you may not stop
and the full blown version
can hurt your side a lot
What am I?
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Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
If your name appears in Friday's newsletter,
email me your complete name and address and I will ship
your prize.
Be sure to put "Winner" in the subject line.
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QUOTE: "Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our
experience comes from our foolishness."
ANSWER: Sacha Guitry.
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