Holidays Around the World
Symbols
Festivals and Celebrations
What Country is That?
Food
100
How long is Ramadan?
1 month
100
What are the three colors of Mardi Gras?
Purple, green, and gold
100
While Mardi Gras is celebrated across the world, where does the biggest (and most well known) celebration take place?
New Orleans, Louisiana
100
Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors for the brightly colored powder that festivalgoers throw at each other, takes place in what country?
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India
100
At weddings, this food is cut by the bride and groom before guests can enjoy it.
Cake
200
What holiday celebrates with sugar skulls, pan de muerto, and ofrendas to honor lost loved ones?
Día de los Muertos
200
What color do people dress in during the Chinese New Year, believing that it brings good fortune and scares off evil spirits?
Red
200
In Pamplona, Spain, people gather in the town square every year to run away from a stampeding herd of this large animal.
Bulls
200
Carnival, a festival of parades and colorfully costumed dancers, is the biggest celebration of the year in what country?
Brazil
200
This small snack is often filled with sweet red bean, lotus paste, or salted egg yolks and eaten during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mooncakes
300
During the Japanese holiday of Obon, people honor their ancestors by lighting this object and floating them on the water.
Lanterns
300
Thousands of festivalgoers wear this over their face during the parades and masquerades of Carnevale in Venice, Italy.
Masks
300
This religious festival in India is also known as the Festival of Lights and celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
Diwali
300
If you want to partake in the International Balloon Fiesta, you'll have to travel to this southwestern U.S. state.
New Mexico
300
Visitors from all around the world travel to Germany to partake in the Oktoberfest celebrations and drink what alcoholic refreshment?
Beer
400
Jamaicans celebrate the birthday of this famous musician every year on February 6th by dressing in Rastafarian colors and playing reggae music.
Bob Marley
400
Locals and tourists alike are invited to partake in this one-kilometer race in Belgium, using this ceramic bathroom fixture.
Bathtub
400
What annual music festival takes place every October at Zilker Park in Austin, TX and features singers and bands from across the nation?
Austin City Limits
400
What Western European country did the tradition of the Easter bunny giving candy and eggs come from?
Germany
400
During this Valencian festival, people flood the streets for the chance to hurl this "fruit" at each other for the largest organized food fight in the world.
Tomatoes
500
On what day is Bastille Day, a day of French resistance, celebrated throughout France?
July 14
500
This annual event in Oaxaca, Mexico began when the Spanish introduced this red root vegetable to the region, inspiring farmers to carve them into shapes and figurines to attract visitors to their business. What vegetable do they carve?
Radishes
500
Expect to take a shower after celebrating the Boryeong ____ Festival in South Korea, where millions of festival goers roll in this.
Mud
500
You'll find incredible floats and sculptures decorated with lemons and oranges at Fête du Citron. But where does this festival take place?
France
500
During this annual event at Cooper's Hill in England, participants race down a long hill to chase a rolling wheel of _______.
Cheese