VFK April Fool's Day Mini-Quest 2012

April 1, 2012
 April 2, 2012	
==Description==
Today is April Fool's Day! On this day every year, prankster's plan the most preposterous pranks to pull on loved ones, friends and anyone who might wander into their path! Some people plan all year for this opportunity to fool others, while others pull last minute smaller jokes. However you celebrate April Fool's Day, it is always fun! Remember this, though, when the joke is on you. On today's mini-quest, we will look at the playful holiday of April Fool's Day!<BR>
 
Your reward for completing this quest will be 1,000 credits, and the April's Fool Day 2012 Pin!<BR><BR><BR>
===Prizes===
===Questions===
1. April Fool's Day has been around for centuries, and appears in the literature of such early writers as Chaucer, Eloy d'Amerval, and Eduard De Dene. Probably the most well known of these is Chaucer's reference in 1392, to April Fool's Day in his Canterbury Tales. One of the most classic and oldest April Fool's jokes is to send someone on an errand that cannot be accomplished, or to search for something that does not exist. What is this prank called?
* A fool's errand
* A sleeveless errand
* A wild goose chase
* All of the above<BR><BR>
2. One theory about the origin of April Fool's Day is related to the implementation of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582. At that time, those that didn't adopt the new calendar were referred to as fools when the first of April, (the last day of what was formerly New Year's week) rolled around and they celebrated the start of the New Year on that day, instead of on January 1st. Go to Outside the Hotel in Western Age and say: "It is all silliness!"<BR><BR>
3. Possibly the oldest known April Fool's Day Joke, and also the most enduring, was staged in 1698 in Britain. The joke was in the form of an event that never took place. Those fooled by the joke were directed to the Tower of London on April first for what fictitious event?
* The Washing of the Lions
* The Tower guards standing on their heads
* The Feeding of the royal Dragon
* The Royal Rummage sale<BR><BR>
4. In later years, the people were directed to the White Gate. This classic hoax not only featured non-existent lions, but it also directed people to a non-existent white gate! The hoax was so successful, however, that people still travel to the Tower on April Fool's Day in hopes of catching a glimpse of the lions being washed. Go to the Castle Gate in Medieval Age and say: "It is April Fools Day!"<BR><BR>
===Answers===
1. All of the above
2. Go to Outside the Grand Hotel in Western Age and say: "It is all silliness!"
3. The Washing of the Lions
4. Go to the Castle Gate in Medieval Age and say: "It is April Fools Day!"
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