The first step in making a better world is getting a handle on this fake news business.

Ah, the 'news'. It comes and goes. In this round of fake news guessing, we're going to ask you to reach back in your memory about three weeks, to the week of 10 April. Did these events make headlines (and actually happen) on Planet Earth, yes or no?

1. The Daily Mail apologised to the wife of the US president.
2. The White House press secretary apologised for Hitler on Passover.
3. Virgin Media accepted full blame for a glitch that kept its customers off Facebook.
4. The US Secretary for Housing and Urban Development got stuck in a public housing lift, to general glee.
5. In an amazing breakthrough, scientists figured out why shoelaces come untied.
6. Pepsico released a popular television advert that boosted sales and enhanced the lead actress's career.
7. United Airlines politely escorted a supernumerary passenger off a plane, apologising handsomely for the minor inconvenience.
8. Male Australian newscasters donned ladies' blouses as part of a protest.
9. Ohio, USA, prison inmates used a work programme to build their own computers and download porn.
10. A bust of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo at Madeira airport was unveiled to general acclaim.

If you happened to be offworld that week, you may be puzzled. Click the picture for answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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