Comments on: Hoax Detection Photo Quiz

Hoax Detection Photo Quiz

Carlos Quevedo — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:23:52 -0800

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:32:46 -0800

Ten for ten on the first, seven for ten on the second. Damn. Sure looked like that guy got snake et.

By: ajr

ajr — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:37:46 -0800

Round Two Results: You got nine out of ten correct. Very good! You are an advanced student of hoaxology. Try again for a perfect score.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:37:51 -0800

I could have sworn I read in multiple places that the lumber car was a hoax. Ah well, aced the second part. Giggled when it said the woman was digitally enlarged, I responded, "You mean her chest?"

By: riffola

riffola — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:38:53 -0800

I got 7 out of ten on the first, and 8 out of ten on the second one. I thought the chalk marks on the bomb were fake, yeah I suck as a MeFier, 'cause I think we discussed it here.

By: riffola

riffola — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:40:13 -0800

P.S. Any MeFioso/MeFiosa who gets the Bert one wrong should hand in their badge.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:45:16 -0800

The lumber car was taken in the parking lot of a Dennys or somthing along I-95 in Virginia iirc.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:48:26 -0800

Damn, you're right.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:52:12 -0800

9 out of ten on the first (I thought the bear was fake) and 8 out of 10 on the second (I feel for the iceberg hoax and thought that the Clinton float was a hoax). Some clever photo editors out there - I wanted to link this great site that features photos altered for political reasons but could not find it. Anyone? Anyone?

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:10:30 -0800

Was it The Commissar Vanishes, JM?

By: dolface

dolface — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:23:52 -0800

arg. doesn't work in mozilla

By: jazon

jazon — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:10:46 -0800

9/10 and 10/10 (I thought the deer shot was faked) And dolface, it did work for me in mozilla/Mac OS X

By: Windopaene

Windopaene — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:48:56 -0800

Works in my PC Mozilla as well... Got all of round one and only missed the Clinton float on round two. Course most of these have shown up on Snopes, so that's kind of cheating...

By: andryeevna

andryeevna — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:46:07 -0800

That lumbar car thing appeared in Automotive Weekly, a few years back. The site above left out a part of the story. The guy claimed it on his insurance to get it fixed...

By: ralawrence

ralawrence — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 02:21:04 -0800

All of them can be found on urban myths. Which i read about a fortnight ago - so I got all of them right :o) However it would be nice that when you wave your mouse over the option that the javascript URL that appears at the bottom of your browser doesn't give away the answer! javascript:swop('yes', 9) for example when you wave your mouse over "hoax" under the Michael Jacksons nose picture.

By: jaden

jaden — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:47:35 -0800

However it would be nice that when you wave your mouse over the option that the javascript URL that appears at the bottom of your browser doesn't give away the answer! It's not revealing the correct answer, it's showing you your answer. Yes means you think it's a Hoax, No means you don't.