Well, we can’t say that 2020 was boring, that’s for sure. However, with such an eventful year, it may be more difficult than usual to differentiate between the real news and satire.
I’ve provided 20 headlines from the past year. Your job is to select which ones were real news headlines and which ones were satirical articles from the Daily Bonnet. Think you’re up to the task? Well, we’ll see now won’t we?
Nature Photographer Rescues Man from Beaver Trap
Correct!
Wrong!
Steinbach Family Tired of Living in the Fumes of Pot-Smoking Neighbours
Correct!
Wrong!
Mennonite Church Sets Record By Standing Up and Sitting Down 600 Times in a Single Service
Correct!
Wrong!
Grunthal Man Delivers Baby, Compares it to Birthing Cows
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Wrong!
Chefs Says Borscht is '100 Percent Ukrainian' - and Asks UNESCO to Back Up His Claim
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Wrong!
Mennonites Excited as Halloween is Cancelled this Year
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Wrong!
Friesen Questions Doctors' Motivation
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Wrong!
Mennonite Death Rate was Double the Average During Spanish Flu
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Wrong!
Hair Wreath Tells a Story at the Mennonite Heritage Village
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Wrong!
Unger's playful debut novel offers good-natured ribbing of Mennonite culture
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Wrong!
CBC Inserts Justin Trudeau into 'Home Alone 2'
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Wrong!
Modestly Attired Mennonite Women to Perform at Next Year's Super Bowl
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Wrong!
Lotto 6/49 Rewards Local Man with a Truck Load of Toilet Paper
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Wrong!
Trump Signs Lucrative New Bible Endorsement Deal
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Wrong!
Naejenpundjet Mennonitenbabie word derjch een Wunda dree Moonat verre Tiet jebuare.
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Wrong!
Bare Legs Attract Long Arm of the Law in Morden
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Wrong!
Steinbach Church with Name Similar to Scofflaws' Congregation Facing 'Flood' of Anger
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Wrong!
Local Church Becomes 7-Eleven Franchise So it Can Reopen as an Essential Service
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Wrong!
Whole Foods Bans MCC Peace Buttons
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Wrong!
Mennonite Grandmas Hired to Lead National Contact Tracing Program
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Wrong!
Is it real news or the Daily Bonnet? 2020 quiz
Nah, mejal! Waut es mit die!
You didn't do very well, but at least you beat Corny Toews.
Not too bad ... for a Lutheran.
Okay, I'm impressed. There's no prize, though ...
