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1. What celebrity host pranked other famous people in his 2000s MTV reality show "Punk'd"?
Ashton Kutcher created and hosted the MTV reality show "Punk'd," which first aired in 2003. The show famously pranked various high-profile celebrities.
All the other answer options are actually celebrities that were pranked on the show!
- Multiple Choice
2. Known as the "Surgeon's Photograph", what Scottish mythical creature was captured on film in this image?
The "Surgeon's Photograph" is claimed to show the mythical Loch Ness Monster. Taken in 1934 by Robert Kenneth Wilson, a gynecologist, the photo became an iconic image supposedly proving the existence of the monster that lurks in Scotland's Loch Ness.
In 1994, however, the photo was revealed to be a hoax; the alleged "head and neck" was actually a model constructed using a toy submarine.
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3. Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star __________ Beckham was famously pranked by James Corden in 2019 with this ridiculously malformed statue.
Soccer star David Beckham was excited when his Los Angeles Galaxy club decided to unveil a statue in his honor in 2019. English television host James Corden decided that was the perfect time for a carefully orchestrated prank. Corden unveiled a bronze statue of Beckham with a huge butt and massive chin. Beckham was clearly shocked before Cordon revealed the joke.
- Multiple Choice
4. What 1995 pseudo-documentary included grainy black and white footage of an alleged actual alien life form?
The 1995 pseudo-documentary "Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction" captured the imagination of the public showcasing alleged footage of an alien autopsy purported to have been conducted at Area 51.
The program was thoroughly debunked; the footage was shot on an inexpensive set constructed in a London living room. Its alien bodies were hollow plaster casts filled with offal, sheep brains, and raspberry jam.
- Multiple Choice
5. What type of word is the mythical "jackalope" that combines the words jackrabbit and antelope?
A "jackalope" is an example of a portmanteau, which is a word created by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words.
In the case of the jackalope, it whimsically merges "jackrabbit"—a type of rabbit—with "antelope," another fast-moving animal, to conjure an image of a mythic, antlered creature.
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