Weird Festivals Around the World Quiz

Which festival involves throwing tomatoes at each other?

• Burning Man

• Holy

• Tomatina

• Venice Carnival

Which festival is celebrated in India to welcome spring with colored powder and water?

• Venice Carnival

• Tomatina

• Holy

• Burning Man

In which festival do people dance with wrapped corpses of their loved ones?

• Balloon Fiesta

• Tomatina

• Turning of Bones

• Monkey Buffet

Which festival in Thailand involves arranging a buffet for monkeys?

• Tomatina

• Balloon Fiesta

• Turning of Bones

• Monkey Buffet

Which festival features ice carvings and full-sized buildings made of ice?

• Sky Lanterns

• Harbin

• San Fermin

• Venice Carnival

In which festival are more than 750 hot air balloons released into the sky?

• San Fermin

• Balloon Fiesta

• Burning Man

• Harbin

What is set on fire during the Burning Man festival in Nevada?

• Ice Carvings

• Actual Man

• Effigy

• Hot Air Balloons

Which festival involves releasing sky lanterns to signify freedom from evils and disease?

• Sky Lanterns

• Balloon Fiesta

• Burning Man

• Venice Carnival

In which festival do bulls run behind participants in Pamplona, Spain?

• San Fermin

• Harbin

• Tomatina

• Holy

How old is the carnival tradition of Venice?

• 500 years

• 2000 years

• 100 years

• 900 years