Festivals Around the World

What this quiz asks

• Oktoberfest, the world-famous beer festival, is held in which German city?
• Holi, the spring festival where crowds throw clouds of coloured powder, comes from which country?
• This blossom is the star of Japan's spring Hanami season. Which tree does it grow on?
• The Day of the Dead, with its sugar skulls and candlelit altars, is a famous tradition of which country?
• Diwali, celebrated by hundreds of millions of people, is known as the festival of lights.
• La Tomatina, a giant street battle fought with tomatoes, takes place every August in which Spanish town?
• Which US city is famous for Mardi Gras parades where strings of beads are thrown from the floats?
• The famous running of the bulls takes place during the San Fermín festival in which Spanish city?
• Carnival celebrations traditionally take place just before which season of the Christian calendar?
• Is Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year, famous for huge public water fights?
• In China, the Lunar New Year is also widely known by what name?
• Select ALL of these celebrations that mark the start of a new year.
• Which festival marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting?
• During Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, the samba schools compete along a purpose-built parade venue called what?
• On King's Day in the Netherlands, crowds traditionally dress head to toe in which colour?
• Burning Man, the gathering that ends by setting a giant wooden figure alight, is held in a forest in Canada.
• Select ALL of these festivals that are celebrated in Japan.
• Order these festivals by when they take place in the year, from earliest to latest.
• Up Helly Aa, a winter fire festival where a replica Viking galley is set ablaze, takes place in which Scottish islands?
• In which year was the very first Oktoberfest held in Munich?