April's Fools Day

"Los Santos Inocentes Day" is getting closer in the United Kingdom.
In this activity I encourage you to find out about April Fool´s Day and "Los Santos Inocentes" celebrations.
In both countries there is a date when traditionally it is acceptable to play jokes and tricks on other people. The dates on both countries are different. Come on! Try to find the correct answers to the following questions.


1. When does April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day occur annually in the United Kingdom? And in
Spain?
2. How is the victim of a joke known in Britain? And in Spain?
3. How do you translate "hoax" into Spanish?
4. Are the origins of April Fool´s Day certain?
5. In which century did the English give April Fool's Day its first widespread celebration?
6. How is April Fool's Day known in France? Which prank do they usually play on their schoolmates? And in Spain? Are their victims called "Poisson d'Avril"?
7. Which is the favourite April fool's joke or prank in Scotland? Why? How is April Fools' day called in Scotland?
8. Whom was the Gregorian Calendar named after and when was it introduced?

The following links will be helpful to find some answers:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/year/april.htm
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/aprlfool.html
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_Inocentes
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0804428.html
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/feature/aprilfools-pranks-main-ms/

Bilingual dictionary:
http://www.wordreference.com/

English monolingual dictionary:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Share with us any trick you have suffered ...or a trick you would like to play on a friend!!!
You may answer in Spanish or in English, and we will work on them in class.