Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In 1998, Fred Phelps, everyone's favorite funeral protester, quoted "The Onion" on his website. Which Onion article did he take at face value?
2. In 2002, the sheriff's department of Battle Creek, Michigan, sent out a press release about possible terror activity, unaware that they'd used a satirical source. According to both the police and "The Onion", what horrible activity was Al-Qaeda involved in?
3. In 2002, the 'Beijing Evening News' republished translated portions of an Onion Article. Which one?
4. In March of 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC quoted "The Onion", stating that 58% of U.S. what was televised?
5. In 2000, "The Onion" ran an article citing the Harry Potter novels for an alarming rise in what?
6. In 2009, two Bangladeshi newspapers quoted "The Onion", seemingly uncovering the conspiracy of the century. What was it?
7. In 2010, a French website quoted an Onion article about the last remaining American what?
8. In 2010, the Fox News Network quoted an Onion article about a well-known public figure sending a rambling, 75,000 word e-mail about what's wrong with America. Who?
9. In 2011, the 'New York Times' ran an article about a well-known magazine, featuring images of several covers. Unfortunately, the issue where they interviewed Barack Obama wasn't real, it was an Onion spoof. Which magazine was featured?
10. While it's funny when the mainstream media falls for spoofs, it's more often users of social networking sites who fail to notice that the article they are reading links to "The Onion". During the 2011 budget battle, what eight-billion dollar pork project had Facebook users up in arms?
Source: Author
Czolgolz
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
stedman before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.