Showing posts with label april fools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label april fools. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Which Chain Was the Center of a April Fools Prank?

And the answer is ...

c) In n Out

Fans of the California-based hamburger chain have been awaiting its arrival in NYC with baited breath for years, so the signs around Manhattan last spring advertising a new location were greeted with cheers ... until it was discovered that they were part of an elaborate April Fools joke. The culprits? The folks at CollegeHumor.com.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New York Trivia Tuesday

We've seen some pretty cruel April Fools jokes in the past, but an NYC prank in 2010 had many of the city's food fans in an uproar. On April 1st of last year, New York was plastered with signs advertising the Manhattan arrival of a popular restaurant chain, which turned out to be an elaborate hoax. What was the chain?

a) Waffle House
b) Arby's
c) In n Out
d) Dairy Queen

Check back on Thursday for the answer to this week's trivia challenge!