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BuzzFeed News Reporter

This week we have stories about the Queen, the California wildfires, and a bedazzled pigeon.

If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News

This Week's Fake News Quiz Will Show You If You're Getting Duped Online

This is just a creative photoshop job, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grinch-pistachio-ad/), but people fell for it.

It's fake!

_Grinch_-promoted pistachios use a slogan with sexual undertones.

After Lee died, his fans began to share the column, [which he wrote in 1968.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/marcusjones/stan-lee-column-against-racisim)

It's real!

Is this a real column written by comic book legend Stan Lee?

Metro ran a misleading headline many believed referenced UK Prime Minister Theresa May, but the article was actually about a CEO named Paul May, [Lead Stories reports.](https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469903-fake-news-may-quits-with-immediate-effect-after-poor-performance-at-patisserie-valerie.html)

UK Prime Minister Theresa May quit after poor job performance.

This photo was actually taken in 2009, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fawn-bobcat-fire/). It was taken by an animal rescue group during a wildfire near Santa Barbara, California. Workers at the time ran out of space to keep different species separate, so these two ended up in the same room.

This image shows a bobcat cub and a fawn cuddling together during the California fires.

Video cameras captured the naked man eating his own ramen at a picnic table in a Florida restaurant, [Tampa Bay Times reports.](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/naked-florida-man-revealed-on-video-sneaking-into-restaurant-and-munching-on-ramen-20181112/)

A naked man snuck into a Florida restaurant and ate some ramen.

An account that tweeted it regularly spreads falsehoods, but this image got more than 5,000 retweets. The photo is [actually from 2002.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/06/queens-sapphire-jubilee-13-key-moments-reign/queen-cries-field-remembrance-7-november-2002/)

This image shows the Queen crying during the recent 100-year commemoration of the end of World War I.

An Arizona shelter that rescues birds is looking for the owner of this bedazzled pigeon, [AZ Central reports](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/peoria/2018/11/15/bedazzled-pigeon-waits-owner-peoria-bird-shelter/1994945002/).

Is this a real image of a bedazzled pigeon?

Don’t worry — it will get better. Do some reading and stay vigilant. Better luck next week.

You’re drowning in fake news!

You don’t always get to the bottom of the story, but you sure know how to dig. Keep your ears perked up and stay skeptical.

You’re a fake news detective!

Congratulations: You’re unstoppable! Nothing can beat your BS-detecting instincts. But keep your nose to the ground. Fake news is always around.

If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News

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