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The Origins of Aprils Fools' Day
Poisson d'Avril
Vocabulary 1
Flower Power
Vocabulary 2
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These have been around for centuries throughout the world
What is celebrations that mark the beginning of Spring?
100
This was the ruler of France who decided to change the calendar.
Who is King Charles the 9th?
100
An arrangement in a straight line.
What is alignment?
100
A German April Fools' Day prank became famous after appearing in this newspaper.
What is German Gardener's News?
100
A person whose job was to entertain royalty, particularly the king, by dressing up in funny clothes and making everyone laugh.
What is a court jester?
200
A Middle Eastern festival usually celebrated with picnics and jokes.
What is Sizdah Bedar?
200
The beginning of the New Year used to be celebrated during this time.
What is between March 25 and April 1?
200
Relating to all plant life.
What is botanical?
200
The German newspaper story claimed that clematis flowers would glow like this.
What is stars in the sky?
200
Natural pain-killing chemicals a body produces when a person is in pain, but also when a person laughs a lot.
What are endorphins?
300
The day on the Jewish calendar that includes masquerading and parodies.
What is Purim?
300
The new calendar designated this date as the official beginning of the New Year.
What is January 1?
300
A silly trick played on someone.
What is a practical joke?
300
The German newspaper article was accompanied by a photo of a man sitting in his garden doing this.
What is reading the newspaper?
300
An aspect of gravity, pulling things throughout the universe into place to keep people and everything else on the ground.
What is gravitational pull?
400
This is the country where April Fools' Day probably started.
What is France?
400
Historians believe that the April 1 tradition started around this time period.
What is the 1500s?
400
A type of flower that grows on a vine.
What is the clematis flower?
400
The story and the photo were this.
What is fake?
400
A machine that plays records.
What is a phonograph?
500
The ancient Roman day of rejoicing.
What is Hilaria?
500
When someone had a paper fish attached to their back, they were called this French phrase.
What is Poisson d'Avril?
500
A bug that eats and harms plants.
What is a weevil?
500
The German newspaper story claimed that sunflowers would produce this.
What is enough light to read by?
500
A quality of giving off light with very little heat.
What is phosphorescent?