What is the spaghetti-tree hoax?
Q: What is the spaghetti-tree hoax?
A: The spaghetti-tree hoax was a hoax news report made by the BBC on April Fools' Day in 1957, which showed a family in Ticino, Switzerland picking spaghetti from a "spaghetti tree".
Q: How many people watched the hoax on April Fools' Day in 1957?
A: About eight million people watched the hoax on April Fools' Day in 1957.
Q: Why did people call the BBC the next day after the hoax was aired on television?
A: People called the BBC the next day after the hoax was aired on television to see if spaghetti trees were real and how to grow them.
Q: What did the BBC tell callers who asked how to grow spaghetti trees?
A: The BBC told callers to put some spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and "hope for the best".
Q: Who made the hoax?
A: A reporter named Charles de Jaeger made the hoax.
Q: Who reported the hoax?
A: The hoax was reported by a trusted reporter named Richard Dimbleby.
Q: According to CNN, what is the significance of the spaghetti-tree hoax?
A: According to CNN, the spaghetti-tree hoax is the biggest hoax ever made by a trusted news organisation and is also one of the first hoaxes on television.
