This unofficial holiday celebrates a fictitious accent, and occurs on September 19th.
What is Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day?
100
What the shape of a candy cane was originally based on (according to tradition)
What is a Shepard's crook?
100
When your age and the date of your birthday are the same
What is a "Golden Birthday?"
100
The original name of "Veteran's Day"
What is Armistice Day?
100
This saint is commemorated for holding secret weddings after marriage was banned during wartime in Rome
Who is Saint Valentine?
200
A holiday celebrated by Austrians by leaving bread and water out and the lights on overnight.
What is Halloween?
200
A holiday that is meant to celebrate African heritage in African-American culture
What is Kwanzaa?
200
The female version of the Jewish coming of age ceremony
What is a "Bat Mitzvah?"
200
A famous decoration that has been rebuilt 4 times, gaining more than 500 lights and over 500 pounds since its introduction in 1907
What is the Times Square Ball?
200
Originally the eve of All Saint's Day, though it is now more commonly associated with demons
What is Halloween?
300
A holiday coinciding with the death of three US presidents. (hint: not President's Day)
What is Independence Day?
300
A winter holiday that is celebrated for more than a week
What is Hanukkah?
300
The most common month for a birthday
What is August?
300
The name of a holiday celebrated by more than 100 countries, although not on the same day (in most cases)
What is Independence Day?
300
Widely believed to coincide with the first day of birds' mating seasons
What is Valentine's Day?
400
The counterpart to Valentine's day in Japan and several other Asian countries. Men get gifts on Valentine's Day, while women get gifts on this holiday.
What is White Day?
400
A decoration invented as part of a social movement to reform Christmas away form its tradition of raucous drinking
What is a Christmas Tree?
400
The place that 19yr old Buddhist boys must spend several days at (at minimum) in order to "come of age"
What is a monastery?
400
A meat that was definitely eaten at the first Thanksgiving, unlike the famous bird, which we're not so sure about
What is venison? (deer meat)
400
The original color of Saint Patrick, before his holiday became heavily associated with green
What is blue?
500
On the date of this holiday, KFC is so popular in Japan that it is often ordered 2 weeks in advance
What is Christmas?
500
A song that is sung at Christmas, but was originally written for Thanksgiving
What is "Jingle Bells?"
500
An ancient country which celebrated a boy's coming of age by shaving his beard
What is Ancient Rome?
500
A holiday, signed in by Ronald Reagan, was not celebrated by all 50 states until 1999, though it was created in 1983
What is Martin Luther King Day?
500
A symbol featured on the English flag, which is associated with the patron saint of their country and his day