Unique Festivals Around the World

In the wife-carrying festival, what is the minimum weight of the wife?

• 43kg

• 45kg

• 47kg

• 49kg

Who makes the cheese every year during the cheese rolling festival?

• Mrs Smart

• Mr Smith

• Miss Sandy

• Mr Sullivan

Why do the El Colacho jump over babies?

• To drive the evil away

• To scare them

• To pray for their long life

• To give them good luck

Approximately how long is the race in the wife-carrying festival?

• 200 meters

• 500 meters

• 1 km

• 2 km

When was the first Oktoberfest held?

• 1710

• 1810

• 1910

• 2010

How cold is it during the hair-freezing festival?

• 50 degrees

• minus 50 degrees

• minus 20 degrees

• 20 degrees

La Tomatina started in August 1945. What happened?

• There was a real fight

• There were too many tomatoes

• The tomatoes were rotten

• The president hated tomatoes

What is the goal of the cheese-rolling festival?

• catch the cheese

• stop the cheese

• eat the cheese

• throw the cheese

Nanae Takano, a Japanese woman, won one of the contests. Which contest was it?

• Wife-carrying

• Cheese-rolling

• Hair-freezing

What is the name of this traditional costume?

• loferls

• dirndl

• lederhosen

• beinhösl