CASCARONES QUIZ

Cascarones are egg shells filled with ___________________.

• Candy

• Dirt

• Confetti

Cascarones are only hand painted and decorated by famous artists.

• True

• False

After draining the inside of the egg into a bowl or pan, the empty egg shell should be __________________.

• thoroughly washed and air dried

• thrown in the trash

• decorated with bright colors

It was in Mexico that the confetti filled eggs came to be known as "Cascarones" which derives from the work __________ which means shell.

• "casa"

• "Cascara"

• "cara"

Where was the birthplace of the Cascarones traced to?

• China

• Mexico

• Italy

Cascarones were originally filled with _______________ not confetti.

• perfume

• a perfumed talcum powder

• yolk

Carlotta, the wife of Emperor Maximillian, was so fascinated by the eggs that she brought them to ___________________ during her husband's rule in the mid 1800's.

• Spain

• China

• Mexico

Cascarones are used for _____________________.

• celebrations

• school

• funerals

Many say ------the confetti shower brings?

• head scratches

• good luck and good fortune

• trauma and fear of eggs

Marco Polo brought the cascarones from China to ______________________.

• Mexico

• Spain

• Italy