April Fool YE 1 reading | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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1. Where were the farmers from?

Switzerland

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2. What were the farmer doing?

pulling spaghetti from tree

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3. What was Pluto doing?

moving behind Jupiter

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4. Why did the viewers phone the TV station?

Because they believed the tricks.

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5. What was the woman do at 9.47am?

sitting with some friends

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(True or False) On April Fool, people exchange gifts to celebrate.

False. They play jokes.

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(True or False) There is a rule that the TV companies and radio station cannot play jokes on their audiences.

False. They usually play tricks.

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(True or False) The joke about the Switzerland farmers was on TV in 1957.

True

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(True or False) The farmers were pulling noodles from a tree.

False. It's spaghetti.

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(True or False) All the viewers believe in the spaghetti joke.

False. Many of them.

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(True or False) The viewers asked the TV station to grow their own spaghetti tree.

True

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(True or False) Patrick Moore was an astronaut.

False. He was an astronomer.

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(True or False) Patrick said the movement of Pluto behind Jupiter affecting the Earth's oceans.

False. Affecting the gravity.

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(True or False) The gravity joke happened in 1967.

False. 1976

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(True or False) Pluto and Jupiter are stars.

True.

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(True or False) A hundred thousand of people jumped at 9.47am.

False. Only hundreds of people.

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