Culture & Traditions
This Hawaiian tradition includes hula dancing and lei making
What is Luau?
This Indian festival celebrates the victory of light over darkness
What is Holi?
I am usually very colorful. I do not need to go for walks. My home is typically filled with toys, mirrors and swings, but watch what you say around me as I may repeat it
What is a parrot?
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What is New York City?
1990s: This sitcom ran from 1994 to 2004 and set the standard for unrealistic New York City apartments
What is Friends?
This Brazilian festival features samba parades and elaborate costumes
What is Carnival?
This Mexican tradition involves honoring deceased loved ones
What is Dia de Los Muertos?
My days are spent lounging on the back of the couch or windowsill. I will ignore you if you call my name. I have large relatives that will happily eat you
What is a cat?
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What is Washington DC?
1950s: Walt and Roy opened this famous theme park in 1955
What is Disneyland?
This Scottish tradition includes wearing kilts and tossing cabers
What are Highland Games?
This American tradition, which began as a harvest celebration in 1621, was not consistently observed until Sarah Josepha Hale—author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”—campaigned for it for 17 years, leading President Lincoln to declare it a national holiday during the Civil War
What is Thanksgiving?
I move slower than your grandma’s Wi-Fi, I get tired quickly from carrying my house on my back, and I am just as happy sunning myself for hours or swimming through the water chasing my dinner
What is a turtle?
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What is Easter Island?
1970s: This video game released in 1972 and is considered the world's first commercially successful arcade game
What is Pong?
This Iranian festival celebrates the Persian New Year with Haft-Seen tables
What is Nowruz?
This holiday marks the end of Ramadan
What is Eid al-Fitr?
I am a champion web designer. I can walk upside down. I have more “I’s” than the Mississippi River, and many visitors will try and stomp on me if they see me on the floor
What is a spider?
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What is Florence, Italy?
1980s: This music television network launched in 1981 and changed how we consumed music
What is MTV?
This Spanish tradition, said to be largest food fight in the world, involves the throwing of squashed, overripe tomatoes amongst participants
What is La Tomatina?
This Vietnamese celebration marks the Lunar New Year with lion dances
What is Tet?
I am always wet. I am considered by some to be very funny, though I have never told a joke. I don’t wear a big nose or big shoes as my name may suggest
What is a clownfish?
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What is Dakar, Senegal?
1920s: This dance craze swept the nation during the Roaring Twenties and is named for a famous harbor city
What is the Charleston?