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Catholic Traditions
100

Who is inside the Mardi Gras cake?

What is a plastic baby? 

100

What does Mardi Gras mean? 

What is Fat Tuesday? 

100

When is Shove Tuesday? 

What is the Tuesday before Lent? 

100

Where in the USA did Mardi Gras develop into such a festive celebration?

What is New Orleans? 

100

As Catholics what day of the week do we abstain from meat during Lent? 

What is Friday? 

200

Who has to buy the next year's King cake or lead the prayers? 

What is the person who get the baby in their slice of the King cake? 

200

What music is affiliated with the French Quarters of New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

What is jazz? 

200

When is Mardi Gras "official" holiday celebrated this year (2023)?

When is February 21st? 

200

Louisiana was a part of … before it became part of the USA?

What is France? 

200

What do we "bury" as Catholics during Lent, and do not say again until Easter? 

What is "Alleluia”?

300

Who organized Mardi Gras events and colors, and also made the celebration more festive?

What are the Krewes? 

300

What does Mardi Gras proceed (come before)?

What is Lent? 

300

When does Lent end? 

What is Easter? 

300

Where in the USA is Mardi Gras a state holiday ? 

What is Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama?  

300

What Catholic celebration ends the Mardi Gras celebrations? 

What is Ash Wednesday? 

400

Who brought Mardi Gras to the Americas when they explored the upper Gulf of Mexico in the late 1600s? 

What are the French? 

400

What religion began this tradition? 

What is Christianity/Catholicism? 

400

When do we eat King Cake? 

What is the 12 days after Christmas – Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) 

400

Where did the word “Carnaval” come from?

What is Portuguese settlers in Brazil?

400

What Catholic celebration kicks off Mardi Gras celebration? 

What is Feast of Epiphany? 

500

Who is the Mardi Gras king in New Orleans?

Who is Rex? 

500

What are the 3 colors of Mardi Gras and what do they mean? 

What is Purple, Green, and Gold? 

What is purple means justice, green means faith, and gold means power? 

500

When was the first Mardi Gras celebrated in New Orleans? 

What is 1837? 

500

Where does the word "carnival" come from? 


What is the Latin word meaning "farewell to meat"?

500

In the Catholic tradition Lent is a time of what? 

What is a time of penance? 

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