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Which Geoffrey Chaucer novel contains the first link between 1st April and foolishness?

The Canterbury Tales

 

With which animal do the French best associate April Fools Day?

Fish

 

An imfamous BBC prank suggested what food stuff now grew on trees?

Spaghetti

 

Which Google service was initially dismissed as a joke on it's launch date of April 1st 2004?

Gmail

 

A 2008 BBC news report suggested a flying colony of which bird species had been discovered in the Antarctica, tracking their flight to the Amazon?

Penguins

 

Who was presenting BBC's Grandstand in 1989 when a fight appeared to break out between staff members in the background of the shot?

Des Lynam