The Post Quiz: Real or Fake? (Two-Century Edition)

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Can you tell fake news from real news? Try this quiz.

The Post Quiz: Real or Fake? (Two-Century Edition)

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Fake headlines are not new. See if you can sort the Real from the Bogus in this lot below.

  1. British Officer Sends Bags of American Scalps to King George, Letter Intercepted
  2. Letter from an Officer of High Rank: We Have Totally Defeated Buonaparte's Army
  3. Dewey Defeats Truman!
  4. Kennedy Slain on Dallas Street
  5. Inhabitants of the Moon
  6. Soviet Fires Earth Satellite into Space: It Is Circling the Earth at 18,000 MPH
  7. Great Chinese Wall Doomed! China Seeks World Trade!
  8. Nixon Plans Visit to China
  9. NASA Warns Nibiru Is Heading for Earth!
  10. Comet Scientist Apologises for Offensive Shirt

It's sometimes hard to tell the true from the fake, isn't it? Click on the picture for the answers.

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