How much do you know about British and American festivals?
Q.1
This is a bank holiday held on 1st May in Great Britain.
May Day
May Holiday
Maypole
Q.2
An annual event in June to celebrate the Queen's birthday.
Swan Upping
Trooping the Colours
Hogmanay
Q.3
This holiday is held on 26th December.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Q.4
It's celebrated on 24th December.
Boxing Day
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
Q.5
It's celebrated on November 5th in Great Britain.
Guy Fawkes' Day
Halloween
Remembrance Sunday
Q.6
It's celebrated on October 31st.
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Q.7
This festival is held on 1st April.
April Fool's Day
Shrove Tuesday
St. Patrick's Day
Q.8
It is the last Friday before Easter.
Pancake Day
Groundhog Day
Good Friday
Q.9
This festival is the first day of Lent, 40 days before Easter.
Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday
Palm Sunday
Q.10
A holiday in the USA to remember the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Memorial Day
Veterans' Day
President's Day
Q.11
It's celebrated on February 14th.
Flag Day
Valentines' Day
Mardi Gras
Q.12
Mother's Day in the UK ...
is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent
is on 26th May
is always in May
Q.13
Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated ...
on the fourth Sunday of Lent
on the second Sunday in May
on the second Sunday of April
Q.14
St David's Day is a British festival which is mainly celebrated in ...
England
Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Q.15
The mighty Scottish people practise their strength at an outdoor festival held each year in the highlands. Which activity includes a log of wood?
Haggis hunting
Speed sawing
Caber tossing
Q.16
St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and his feast day is celebrated each year on 17th March. Which plant is normally worn on this special day?
Daffodil
Thistle
Shamrock
Rose
Q.17
Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) is a solemn occasion in November where people remember the men and women who were killed in the World War I and II. What is it more commonly called in Britain?
Rose Day
Forget-me-not Day
Poppy Day
Lily Day
Q.18
"Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot." Which building did the traitor Guy Fawkes unsuccessfully try to destroy in 1605, leading the British to celebrate each anniversary by letting off fireworks?
Westminster Abbey
Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
St Paul's Cathedral
Q.19
On which bank holiday is the Notting Hill Carnival celebrated in each year in London ?
Spring bank holiday
Easter bank holiday
Early May bank holiday
Summer bank holiday
Q.20
Which famous Scottish poet has a celebration named after him which falls on 25th January?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
J. M. Barrie
Robert Burns
Sir Walter Scott
Q.21
What do people traditionally eat on Shrove Tuesday?
Yorkshire Pudding
Pancakes
Haggis
Turkey
Q.22
Groundhog Day is February ...
14th
2nd
22nd
Q.23
The groundhog is looking for its ...
mother
friend
shadow
food
Q.24
What is the phrase kids say on Halloween?
Give me candy.
No tricks please.
Nothing ventured nothing gained.
Trick or treat.
Q.25
What color clothes do you wear in celebration of St. Patrick's Day?
Red
Green
Yellow
White
Q.26
Apart from being the patron Saint of England, St George is also famous for ...
marrying a beautiful princess.
introducing the printing press into England.
killing a dragon.