1. Happy April Fools’ Day! Interactive Facts Quiz for 8-10 Formers 2018
Автор:
Ольга Михайловна Степанова
учитель английского языка
МБОУ «Цивильская СОШ №1
имени Героя Советского Союза М.В. Силантьева»
города Цивильск Чувашской Республики
2018

2. April Fools' Day is also called All Fools' Day, and is celebrated on April 1st each _______ .
year

3. Tales
The book The Canterbury ________, written in by Geoffrey Chaucer, associated April 1st with foolishness.

4. pranks
April Fools' Day _________ and hoaxes are meant to be harmless and funny.

5. In 1698 an April Fools' Day joke tricked several individuals to go to see lions being washed at the ________ Of London.
Tower

6. April Fools' Day in Scotland is called Huntigowk Day
April Fools' Day in Scotland is called Huntigowk Day. In Scots the word gowk means a ________ or foolish individual.
cuckoo

7. In Poland April Fools' Day is so strongly believed that an anti- Turkish alliance signed on April 1st with Leopold 1 in had to be backdated to ________ 31st.
March

8. In Poland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway the media will often publish a _______ that is false in honor of Aril Fools' Day.
story

9. fish
Italy, Belgium, France, and Quebec, Canada often refer to April Fools' Day as April Fish. Part of this custom is to attach a paper _______ to someone's back as a joke, without being noticed This is referred to as 'Poisson d'Avril'.

10. France
When New Year's Day was changed to January 1st in the 16th century in _______ some people refused to accept the change. They were often referred to as April fools.

11. In Canada and in England April Fools' jokes are only supposed to be played until _______.
noon

12. Since 1986 there have been press releases issued to announce the April Fools' Day Parade in ____________ City. No such parade exists.
New York

13. In the 1950s the BBC ran a news story about a spaghetti harvest that took place in Switzerland. This prank is believed to be the best April Fools' Day prank of all time, resulting in many requests for ___________ trees by viewers.
spaghetti

14. Bell
In 1996 Taco Bell ran a story that they had bought the Liberty _______ and were going to rename it
the Taco Liberty Bell.

15. In ancient times court jesters were considered to be wise men, able to use ________to put things into perspective.
humor

16. Most April Fools' Day jokes include a prank, sending someone on an errand to find something that doesn't exist, or trying to get someone to believe __________that is not true.
something

18. Источник:
April Fools’ Day Facts ts/1287/
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