Shrovetide

What IS NOT another name of Shrovetide?

• Shrove Tuesday
• Pancake day
• Mardi Gras
• Rio Carnival

How is Mardi Gras literally translated from French?

• Fat Tuesday
• Pancake Tuesday
• Carnival Tuesday
• Shrove Tuesday

What word does 'shrove' come from?

• shrive
• shroe
• shraw
• shine

What is the idea of Shrovetide in Christian world?

• to prepare for Lent
• to call for spring
• to start fasting
• to confess one's sins

What period starts after Shrovetide?

• Lent
• Advent
• Spring
• Easter time

What is NOT right about the date of Shrovetide?

• It is always celebrated on Tuesday.
• It is always celebrated in February.
• It is always celebrated before Ash Wednesday.
• It is always celebrated before the start of Lent.

What food should be eaten on Shrovetide?

• meatless
• fat and greasy
• fish
• only pancakes

Why did people start eating pancakes on Shrovetide?

• in order to use leftover eggs and butter before Lent
• because they looked like spring sun
• because they didn't have other food
• because they were easy to make

What is the most popular activity in addition to eating pancakes on Shrovetide?

• fancy dress or carnival
• dancing and singing
• trick-or-treating
• burning fires

What is the most popular dance of Rio Carnival?

• samba
• salsa
• tango
• rumba