April Fool's History
Types of Jokes & Humor
April Fools' Pranks
Comedians
April Fool's Epic Fails
Dad Jokes
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This is the date when April Fool’s Day happens each year
What is April 1?
100
If you come up to someone’s house or door, you might want to make this kind of joke
What is “Knock-Knock, who’s there”?/What is a Knock-Knock joke?
100
On April 1, 2008, this fast-food burger restaurant announced a Whopper for lefties/left-handed people
What is Burger King?
100
This comedian is best known for his sketch-comedy show on Comedy Central, "Chappelle's Show"
Who is Dave Chapelle?
100
In March 2021, this German automaker announced they’re renaming to “Voltswagen” as part of the company’s push for electric vehicles; that move did not went well with the public and shareholders
What is Volkswagen?/What is VW?
100
It’s orange and it sounds like a parrot
What is a carrot?
200
Throughout the 18th century since April 1, 1700, April Fool’s Day became popular in this European country
What is Britain?/What is England?
200
This joke’s so dumb, it’s a type of joke to insult someone’s mother (or mothers); in fact- it’s even the name of a comedy game show used to air on MTV using these kind of jokes
What is a “Yo Momma”/’Yo Mama” joke?
200
This search-engine & major tech company would have an April Fool’s joke every year since 2000, except for 2003, 2020, and 2021
Who is Google?
200
This Blue-Collar comedian voiced Mater the Tow Truck in the Disney/Pixar Cars movies
Who is Larry the Cable Guy?
200
Over at the UK in 1980, the BBC announced this historic clock tower landmark in London would replace its iconic clock with a digital one, but the BBC was forced to apologize after some backlash
What is Big Ben?
200
Modeled after US Presidents, this rock group has 4 men that don’t sing
What is Mount Rushmore?
300
This country in the UK made April Fool’s Day a 2-day holiday, starting with “hunting the gowk”, in which people were sent on phony errands
What is Scotland?
300
Groucho Marx and Robin Williams utilize this kind of humor where a set-up and punchline are put into one thought (i.e. “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”)
What is a one-liner?
300
In 1996, this Mexican fast-food restaurant purchased a full-page ad in 7 major newspapers announcing they purchased the Liberty Bell
What is Taco Bell?
300
Not only he’s a doctor, but he’s also a comedian who starred in The Hangover movies, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and now a judge on The Masked Singer
Who is Ken Jeong?
300
On April 1, 1989, a local comedy show based in Seattle ran a special news report showing this Seattle tower landmark collapsing; turns out Seattle government officials & police weren’t happy with that
What is the Seattle Space Needle?
300
This music concert/festival only cost 45 cents to get in (and headlined by 2 of today’s top music artists)
Who are 50 Cent and Nickelback?
400
One of the earliest April Fool’s Day pranks & stunts happened in 1957, when thousands of British families tuned in to a news program showing a happy Swiss family harvesting this type of pasta from trees
What is spaghetti?
400
Comedy TV shows such as Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family and Black-ish use comedy and jokes that rely on a set of characters, a place & an event
What is situational humor?/What are sitcoms?
400
On April 1, 2016, this nature magazine known for its yellow rectangle frame logo announced on Twitter that they would no longer be publishing photos of naked animals
What is National Geographic?
400
This comedian and actress is related to US Senator Chuck Schumer
Who is Amy Schumer?
400
On April 1, 1998, this shock jock duo stated during their show on radio station WAAF that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino had been killed in a car accident; they were later fired (but continued elsewhere until 2014)
Who are Opie and Anthony?
400
If an English teacher is convicted of a crime and doesn’t complete the sentence…
What is a fragment?/What is a sentence fragment?
500
Some historians speculate that April Fool’s Day happened in the year when France switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563
What is 1582?
500
The Three Stooges is this comedy group that utilizes this kind of humor where someone gets repeatedly hit by someone or something in a comedy of errors
What is slapstick?
500
In 1992, NPR ran a spot where this president infamously known for “Watergate” said he was running for President again… except it’s an actor playing him said that
Who is Richard Nixon?
500
He’s best known for a 1990s sitcom TV show “about nothing” named after his last name that aired on NBC
Who is Jerry Seinfeld?
500
In August 2008, KYLD Wild 94.9 DJ Joe Breezy got fired for an April Fool’s prank earlier that year involving Dr. Sanders’ breasts from this fried chicken restaurant, after a listener complained to the radio station
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken/What is KFC?
500
According to the Apple App Store and Google Play app charts, I’ve heard this dating app is more popular than Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge in Prague, located in this European country…
What is Czech-Mate?