Countries A-Z by April Fools Day Pranks - Statistics

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Letter	Clue	Country	% Correct
C	News spread that the five-dollar bill was to be replaced with a three-dollar coin.	Canada	93%
F	The police announced having recruited a drug mule – a mule that can smell cannabis. The animal was claimed to have been brought from Estonia.	Finland	93%
O	Radio presenters convinced their colleague that dipping spicy chips into traditional coffee (kahwa) was a real local tradition.	Oman	93%
A	A radio show announced that the 2000 Summer Olympics had been cancelled.	Australia	87%
B	The covers of rival comic magazines Tintin and Spirou were redesigned to make the Tintin cover look like Spirou and vice versa.	Belgium	87%
E	The Guardian reported a plan to construct a new canal called 'Suez 2' along the border of this country.	Egypt	87%
G	BMW promised a dog bed that recreated the thrill of a car ride.	Germany	87%
N	Hundreds of art-lovers rushed to see 'The Night Watch' when it was the claimed that the painting was dissolving because of cleaning with the wrong fluid.	Netherlands	87%
Q	A Facebook post joked that in this country, 'every day feels like a prank' when people say they are 'on their way' while actually still in their pajamas.	Qatar	87%
R	An article claimed that scientists were to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction using DNA from mammoths found frozen in this country and inserting it into elephant cells.	Russia	87%
Y	A student humour magazine claimed that the U.S. military completed airstrikes in this country as part of 'wacky April Fool's antics'.	Yemen	87%
Z	A newspaper wrote that the coach had fired the majority of the national football team following a lacklustre 3-1 win over the Seychelles.	Zimbabwe	87%
D	A newspaper claimed that all bills with 'one-legged' birds were fake and could be exchanged for genuine bills depicting two-legged birds; the extra leg had actually been drawn by the paper's cartoonist.	Denmark	80%
H	A petting zoo claimed that new regulation requires everyone to wear earmuffs to reduce noise – also the rabbits, goats and lambs.	Hungary	80%
I	People brought their horses into car mechanics because a newspaper story claimed a new law made it mandatory for horses to be outfitted with signaling and brake lights.	Italy	80%
J	A long-distance runner from this country was claimed to think that the London Marathon is for 26 days, not 26 miles, due to a translation error, and to be still running somewhere in England.	Japan	80%
L	The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung ran an article about a Bride Import company created to supply wives to the men of this country, transported in freight cars.	Liechtenstein	73%
T	An airline tweeted about a new route between a relatively small province (Nan) and Munich, Germany. The joke was viewed as a subtle nod to the king of this country, who is known to spend time in Germany, and his royal consort, who is from Nan.	Thailand	73%
U	A fake news bulletin reported that Great Blue Hill was erupting, causing people to flee their homes.	United States	73%
P	Taragis, a takoyaki stall chain, offeried a prize for anyone who would tattoo the Taragis logo on their forehead.	Philippines	67%
V	The Glasgow Herald reported that Solar Complexus Americanus is a revolutionary, heat-generating plant imported to Scotland from this country.	Venezuela	67%
K	A media house reported that singer Davido was arrested for having cocaine on his private jet. The singer threatened legal action before the prank was revealed.	Kenya	53%
S	In a BBC hoax, people from this country were claimed to harvest spaghetti from trees.	Switzerland	53%
M	A prank by Cisk, a brewery from this country, announcing yellow-themed 'Cisk trainers'.	Malta	40%

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