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62 Phonebox Magazine | April 2025QUIZ CORNERThe tradition of the special day includes playing hoaxes or practical jokes on others, often shouting %u2018April Fools!%u2019 at the end to let the subject of the April Fools%u2019 Day prank know that they have been %u2018had%u2019.The tradition has lived on and it%u2019s often used by the media and in advertising as a way of marketing products and services by coming up with weird or unusual claims just once a year. One suggestion for the day%u2019s origins goes back to France in the 16th century when the country switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, which we use today in Europe. The Julian calendar celebrates new year at the spring equinox, around 1st April.APRIL BAMBOOZLE BEFUDDLE BEMUSE BEWILDER BUSINESS CAPER DELUDE April Fools%u2019 Day, on 1st April every year, has been celebrated for centuries by diff erent cultures, though its exact origins are still not known. Fooling AroundB U S I N E S S B D L E V I T Y T W CX E K Y T X I J A N Q Y S G P Y R Y AN H D S D F C U M U K R Z E Q J I M YM O K U X R E L B O I E J W S U C Q HR O D R L R D Z O F T L Q A O E K J XR D A P T E K O O B X O M C N H K A GE W B R E Y D R Z M R O I K Q H T J JH N S S L D J L E D V M C B R R F S OG K Q E Y M L Y I N I O H F E S T N MU N P L H F F I H S J T I K P M Q N OA G L F I K I L W E N R E M A L U D NL U E X F R K T S E S I F A C K U S KT W G S K B P T G T B Q E L N P A U EU S N A G I N A N E H S C A E Y Q I YF H B E N F W C P V U B R R V K C N IS U O R E T S O P E R P A K U S F F YM T N F P P J R E O F E F E X H F W TT B B E F U D D L E K K B Y U W K U UBut French citizens who did not realise the change had been made continued to celebrate the new year in April and became known as %u2018April Fools%u2019.Some say the expression came from the vernal equinox %u2013 the fi rst day of spring %u2013 where Mother Nature is said to %u2018fool us%u2019 with changing, unpredictable weather.April Fools Day is the time when you can have some fun and play a prank on a friend or relative. So, what is another word for a joke or prank? Find out with our word scramble grid.Here%u2019s what you are looking for:DUMBFOUND DUPE FARCE FIRST HOAX HOODWINK JEST JOKES LAUGHTER LEVITY MALARKEY MISCHIEF MONKEY PRANK PREPOSTEROUS SHENANIGANS SILLY SURPRISE TOMFOOLERY TRICK WACKY Famous April Fool%u2019s pranks%u2022 1957: the BBC reported that Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees. %u2022 1985: Sports Illustrated magazine writer George Plimpton tricked many readers when he ran a madeup article about a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a ball over 168 miles per hour.%u2022 1992: National Public Radio in the US ran a spot with former President Richard Nixon saying he was running for president again. But it was an actor and the slot was all an April Fools%u2019 Day prank that caught the country by surprise.%u2022 1996: Taco Bell, the fast-food restaurant, duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia%u2019s Liberty Bell and rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. %u2022 1998: Burger King advertised a %u2018Left-Handed Whopper%u2019, and scores of customers requested the fake sandwich. Fooling Around