Mardi Gras Trivia
Trivia
Trivia
Culture and Language
Culture and Language
100
New Orleans and Mardi Gras are often associated with this type of music.
What is Jazz
100
These are the 3 official colors of Mardi Gras in New Orleans
What is purple, green, and gold
100
Mardi Gras means what in French...
What is Fat Tuesday
100
This city in Germany hosts the biggest Fat Tuesday celebration in Europe
What is Cologne (Köln)
100
This is the language spoken in Rio de Janerio, Brazi, where one of the largest Fat Tuesday celebrations takes place
What is Portuguese
200
These are toy coins tossed from Mardi Gras floats
What is a doubloon
200
Inside most cakes that are eaten during Mardi Gras, there is a...
What is a plastic baby/baby Jesus
200
This is the most popular dessert eaten during Mardi Gras in the Latin Quarter of New Orleans?
What is King's Cake
200
The Latin word "Carnevale" means what? (Carnival, Karneval, etc)
What is "without flesh" or "removal of meat"
200
This is what women cut off of men on Weiberfastnacht, the Thursday prior to Ash Wednesday
What is their neckties
300
If you receive the baby in your piece of King's Cake, it will bring what all year?
What is good luck
300
Mardi Gras is always celebrated the Tuesday before which day?
What is Ash Wedneday
300
The gold colored beads are symbolic for what?
What is Power
300
This is the Germanic word for the pre-Lenten celebrations
What is "Fashing", "Fastnacht", or "Fastnet"
300
"Berliner", "Pfannkuchen" and "Krapfen" are the German words for this greasy treat
What is donut
400
In other countries, Mardi Gras is also known as
What is "Pancake Day", "Fat Tuesday", "Carnival", or "Fasching."
400
Mardi Gras is the "last hoorah" before Catholics begin what?
What is Lent
400
This is a popular and well-liked place in the United States to celebrate Mardi Gras
What is New Orleans, Louisiana (the French Quarter)
400
Known to be a drink with every dinner in France, 56.6 million hectometers of this in 2004
What is wine
400
This is the date and time when the "5th Season" or "Foolish Season" officially begins in Germany
What is on November 11th at 11:11:11am
500
It is illegal to ride on a float in a Mardi Gras parade without this
What is a mask!
500
What are the organizations called who plan the Mardi Gras parades?
What is 'Krewes'
500
Beads were first thrown from floats by this jolly character
What is Santa Clause
500
What does "une perle", a popular mardi gras decoration, translate to in English?
What is a bead
500
(FRENCH QUESTION) Also a popular Mardi Gras decoration, what is "une masque" in English?
What is a masque
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