Tricks on April Fool’s Day
19. In 1698, a number of Londoners received invitations to see the lions washed in the Thames. It happened on April Fool’s Day. However, the same trick __________ (REPEAT) in 1860, and again a lot of curious Londoners came to enjoy he lions washed.
20. In 1957 BBC Television played an even __________ (HILARIOUS) joke on its viewers.
21. It showed a film about a spaghetti crop __________ (GROW) in Southern Switzerland.
22. While agricultural workers __________ (PICK) long strands of spaghetti from bushes, the presenter of the film commented on the uniform length of the spaghetti and on the successful cultivation of ‘these vegetables’.
23. After the programme had finished, there __________ (BE) a lot of calls from curious TV viewers. Obviously, those people did not get the joke.
24. They wanted to know where they __________ (CAN) buy spaghetti bushes.