Are You for Real?

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Are You for Real?

Could you distinguish a phony Picasso from the real thing? Could you spot a counterfeit Coach bag? Would you know a bogus Burberry scarf? It can be equally hard to tell an actual trade show from a made-up one since they cover every imaginable subject from baking to blood-splatter analysis. You'll see what we mean when you try to guess which shows are real and which are shams in this issue's quiz. By Charles Pappas

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choose Show or Sham to make your choice

1. With glowing reviews from attendees, RadWaste Summit focuses on commercial and federal radioactive waste management.

□ Show

□ Sham

2. Mothers at the National Baby Show whose offspring didn't win contests for fattest, smallest, and even homeliest infants rioted when they discovered they were stiffed on tickets to the awards ceremony.

□ Show

□ Sham

3. At the Research Chefs Association Conference, guests gobble up sessions on Coca-Cola and the diets of commercial-aquarium fish.

□ Show

□ Sham

4. The Association of Correctional Food Service offers sessions on topics such as food safety and religious diets for those who can't go out to eat.

□ Show

□ Sham

5. Some like it hot – but at Chicago's Hot Sauce Expo, even more like it scalding, with the "Death Wing Eating Challenge" and the "Slaytanic Burrito Challenge."

□ Show

□ Sham

6. "My docking station or yours?" might be the most popular pickup line at the International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots.

□ Show

□ Sham

7. You might want to eat anywhere except on the show floor at Mystery Meet, the tongue-in-cheek name of an expo devoted to school-lunch programs.

□ Show

□ Sham

8. Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Health summit offers magnetic acupuncture, bee pollen smoothies, and vitamin B-12 IVs.

□ Show

□ Sham