APRIL FOOLS DAY TRICKS

Work in groups of 6. Each of you will read a real April Fools trick from around the world, and then you will explain it (in your own words to your partners. Finally, you must all !ote for the "est trick. #. $%A&' (E&$)%& A *oo in +apan said that they had a giant penguin that was #6,cm tall and weighed -. kilograms/ %n fact it was a man dressed up in a penguin suit. 0. 12A%& 1A&3 %n 0..4 in the )5 a childrens news programme said that scientists had in!ented a 61rain 1and. %t was a coloured head "and that you put on your head and it helped to make you more intelligent/ 7n an online poll, 849 of the children who heard the news wanted to "uy a 6"rain "and/ :. WA;( %&<A;%7& %n #=8= a radio presenter in &ew >ealand told listeners that there were millions of wasps coming to in!ade. ?e told !iewers to wear their socks o!er their trousers and to put honey on their doors. @illions of listeners "elie!ed him/ 8. ;(A$?E''% '2EE; %n #=,4 a !ery serious documentary programme on the 11A reported on the spaghetti trees in ;wit*erland. 'hey said it was an excellent place to grow spaghetti/ ?undreds of !iewers phoned the 11A to ask where they could "uy spaghetti trees. ,. ,. 12%'&EB; A$E %n #=== a music we"site claimed that 1ritney ;pears had lied a"out her age. 'hey said she was 0-, not #4. ?undreds of people phoned her music la"el to ask how old 1ritney really was. 6. $2A<%'B %n #=46 a !ery famous 1ritish astronomer told radio listeners that at =.84am the earth was going to experience a feeling of less gra!ity. ?e said that +upiter and (luto would cross and if listeners Cumped in the air at exactly =.84am they would feel the sensation of ha!ing no gra!ity/ ?undreds of listeners phoned the radio to say they had Cumped and floated in the air/