Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore. That’s when it’s time for the Headline Game.

Below are two headlines from CNN.com and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Hard-bitten New Yorkers want mugger’s head
2. NHL signs broadcast deal with Food Network
3. Sharpton says he’s not jealous of Obama
4. White House adds eight inches to White House fence

Note: Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match the style of CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

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Once again, there’s nothing to work with today at The Onion. The fake headlines are all clearly fake headlines. So this week I invite you to play a different game.

Six of the twelve places below can be found in Earthsea, a fictional world in the works of fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The other six places are very real, and can be found within the human body. Can you tell the biological places from the fantastical?

1. Bars of Uny
2. Circle of Willis
3. The Dragon’s Run
4. Gate of Selidor
5. The Isle of the Ear
6. The Islets of Langerhans
7. Loop of Henle
8. Low Torning
9. Luschka’s Crypts
10. McBurney’s Point
11. Outer Innran
12. Space of Disse

Answers: Earthsea, The Human Body

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Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore. That’s when it’s time for the Headline Game.

Below are two headlines from CNN.com and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Bill Clinton waiting until after primaries to endorse candidate
2. Colorado governor vows to “arm-wrestle” for jobs
3. Oscars reveal widening gap between best, worst dressed
4. Study: Vanity on the rise among college students

Note: Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match the style of CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

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There’s absolutely nothing to work with today at The Onion. The fake headlines are all clearly fake headlines. So instead, this week I invite you to play a different game. Sorry for the last minute substitution.

Six of the twelve names below have been the Secretary General of the United Nations. The other six are characters from Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. Can you tell the historical names from the fantastical?

1. Padme Amidala
2. Kofi Annan
3. Jar Jar Binks
4. Boutros-Boutros Gali
5. Lord Gladwyn Jebb
6. Qui-Gon Jinn
7. Obi-Wan Kenobi
8. Ban Ki-Moon
9. Trygve Halvdan Lie
10. U Thant
11. Chancellor Finis Valorum
12. Mace Windu

Bonus Question: Can you pick out the current UN Secretary General from the list?

Answers: Phantom Menace, United Nations

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Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore. That’s when it’s time for the Headline Game.

Below are two headlines from CNN.com and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Apple hard at work making iPhone obsolete
2. Group wants bus drivers to hang up their phones
3. Sharks kill four people in “dull” year
4. Westminster Dog Show finalists form elite Iditarod team

Note: CNN headlines taken from front page of CNN.com; headline of actual story may differ. Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

How did you do?

Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore. That’s when it’s time for the Headline Game.

Below are two headlines from CNN.com and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Ancient boy’s skeleton sparks evolution debate
2. Mysterious Congressman announces dark horse candidacy
3. Thousands lose jobs as Michigan unemployment offices close
4. World’s oldest newspaper now exists only online

Note: CNN Headlines taken from front page of CNN.com; headline of actual story may differ. Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

How did you do?

Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore. That’s when it’s time for the Headline Game.

Below are two headlines from CNN.com and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Ailing Castro begins 750,000 last words
2. Lasers and radars pack cars in robotic garage
3. Pentagon halts sales of F-14 parts
4. White House quietly retracts entire State of the Union address

Note: CNN Headlines taken from front page of CNN.com; headline of actual story may differ. Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

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Real life or parody? Sometimes, I can’t tell the difference anymore.

Below are two headlines from CNN and two headlines from The Onion. Can you spot which are the real headlines and which are the fakes?

1. Bush rushing to get nation in order before Hu Jintao’s visit
2. Golfing parakeet gains fame on Web
3. Northeast stunned by freak January snowfall
4. Senator on more troops: ‘We better be damn sure’

Note: CNN Headlines taken from front page; headline of actual story may differ. Capitalization on the Onion headlines changed to match CNN.

Answers: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

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