Carnavalsquiz

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Carnaval

Which day marks the start of the Carnival season?

1. 11th of October
2. 11th of November
3. 11th of December
4. 11th of January

Which city is also known as 'Lampegat'?

1. Breda
2. Den Bosch
3. Eindhoven
4. Nijmegen

What is often said during Carnival?

1. Alaaf
2. Bonjour
3. Ciao
4. Doch

Riddles (use one word, without capital letters):
What has broken before you can use it?

Which city is also known as 'Kruikenstad'?

1. Bergen op Zoom
2. Heerlen
3. Maastricht
4. Tilburg

How many days do we fast after Carnival?

1. 10 days
2. 20 days
3. 40 days
4. 80 days

Which day marks the end of Carnival?

1. Asmaandag
2. Asdinsdag
3. Aswoensdag
4. Asdonderdag

True or false:
Carnival is only celibrated in The Netherlands

1. True
2. False

Women in the Rhineland region of Germany take over their towns during Carnival. What are they doing?

1. Cutting men's ties
2. Throwing pies in men's faces
3. Singing folk songs

Riddles
I'm a bird, a person and a fruit. What am I?

Greece has a peculiar 200-year-old tradition of starting a 'war' using what kitchen staple as 'ammunition'?

1. Sugar
2. Eggs
3. Flower

At Carnival time in Ivrea, Italy, you may want to wear a helmet and goggles to protect yourself from all the flying…

1. Oranges
2. Apples
3. Grapes

And in Vilanova, Spain, anyone who hates getting sticky should avoid the city during La Merengada, a food fight in which the locals’ weapon of choice is….

1. Whipped cream
2. Meringue
3. Marshmallow fluff

All good things must come to an end. Many cities in Spain (and even some in Latin America) mark the end of the Carnival festivities with a strange tradition: a satirical funeral procession in which they bury what?

1. A bottle of wine
2. A mask
3. A sardine