World Festivals
Which Indian festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness using colorful powders?
Holi
Which country is home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa?
Dubai
Which country has the world’s largest number of islands?
Sweden
Where is the Eiffel Tower located?
Paris, France
Blue and white with a sun in the middle
Argentina
The “La Tomatina” festival in Spain centers around throwing what food item?
Tomatoes
What country is famous for its kilts, bagpipes, and the Loch Ness Monster legend?
Scotland
What Asian country uses “Gross National Happiness” as an official development measure?
Bhutan
Machu Picchu is located in which South American country?
Peru
Green, white and orange
Ireland
In Japan, what festival involves dancing and honoring ancestors during summer?
Obon
What country’s native Māori name, Aotearoa, translates to “Land of the Long White Cloud”?
New Zealand
Which European country invented democracy?
Greece
The Moai statues are found on which remote island?
The Easter Island
Yellow, green, red with a white star in the centre
Burma
Which Mexican festival honors deceased loved ones with ofrendas and sugar skulls?
Dia de los Muertos
Which Asian country is made up of more than 17,000 islands?
Indonesia
Which country is home to the world’s longest continuous land border with another nation?
Canada
Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, is located in which Southeast Asian country?
Cambodia
Black and green with a large yellow X
Jamaica
Which Tibetan festival marks New Year based on the lunisolar calendar, often in February?
Losar
Which country has two cities that both claim to be its capital, one administrative & one constitutional?
South Africa
Which European country’s name translates literally to “Low Countries,” referring to its below-sea-level terrain?
The Netherlands
The Terracotta Warriors were built to guard the tomb of which Chinese emperor?
Qin Shi Huang
oddly shaped, red with a blue outline & white shapes
Nepal