The Spaghetti Harvest: In 1957, a British news show announced that, thanks to a very warm winterย Swiss farmers were enjoying a large spaghetti crop season.
Foolery! In 1957, the respected BBC television program ran this famous hoax.
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A man dressed as a tree decided to stand in the middle of a busy intersection in Portland, Maine, as an act of performance art. Local policeย asked the man to leave the intersection, but he was eventually arrested.
Fact. CNN reported the man was arrested with a misdemeanor charge.
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Whistling Carrots: Tired of overcooking the carrots? Now thereโs a solution. Scientists announced the development of a genetically modified โwhistling carrot.โ Air holes inside the carrot cause it to whistle when properly cooked.
Foolery! It was advertised by Tesco, a British supermarket chain, in a half-page advertisement in The Sun in 2002.
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A British newspaper announced a new invention: the Poweriser. Essentially, it is an invention that allows you to jump forward 17 feet.
Fact. The article appeared in The Independent in 2006. You can now purchase a Poweriser for yourself, new from around $200 to $400.
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Carrots Reclassified as a Fruit: In 1979, officials in the European Union confirmed what many have long suspected: that carrots are not, in fact, a vegetable but are actually a fruit.
Fact. Bureaucrats in the European Union did classify carrots as a fruit in a 1979 directive.
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Purple Carrots: A British supermarket announced it would soon be selling purple carrots to appeal to children.
Fact. In 2002, Sainsbury began marketing purple carrots. But carrots have actually come in purple varieties for thousands of years.
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A Whopper of a Whopper: Burger King published a full-page advertisement ina newspaper announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a โLeft-Handed Whopperโ specially designed for the 32 million lefthanded Americans.
Foolery! This joke was perpetrated in 1998 by Jim Watkins, senior vice president for marketing at Burger King.
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Chicken Manure-Powered Electrical Plant: The Mitsubishi Bank contacted people about an exciting new investment opportunity: Fibropower, a 14-megawatt-generating plant powered entirely by chicken poop.
Fact. In 1991, Mitsubishi Bank in London sought investors to back a 22-million-pound loan to fund Fibropower.
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The Pepsi-Cola company sponsored teenagers to tattoo themselves with its logo. In return, the teenagers received a 10 percent lifetime discount on the companyโs products. Teenagers were said to have enthusiastically responded.
Foolery! This hoax report was made by โAll Things Consideredโ on National Public Radio in 1994.
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Crustless Bread: For those who just canโt stand the taste of crust and are too lazy to cut it off, Sara Lee introduced the ultimate convenience: crustless bread. Available in stores everywhere!
Fact. This actually was a new product by Sara Lee in 2002.
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In Ireland, a cat made it into the local newspapers when she decided the best place to give birth to her four baby kittens would be in a birdโs nest.
Fact. In Louth County, Ireland the cat and her kittens were foundย in the nest by the owner of a local pet supply store.
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A gentleman bought two puppies from a man who said they were good watchdogs. After seeing a wildlife exhibition two years later, the man discovered that his dogs were really endangered black bears.
Fact. The bears were taken to live safely in a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center after the man contacted the authorities.
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Vodka Bars: A Russian beverage company announced a new product designed to appeal to Russian tastes:ย vodka bars. The vodka bars will be available in lemon, coconut, and salted cucumber flavors.