Worksheets5B Learns About Mardi Gras
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do Catholics celebrate Mardi Gras?
a)
Because they enjoy a good party
b)
Purple, yellow and green are their favorite colors
c)
It's the last day of festive celebrations before 40 days of Lent
d)
It's the last day of festive celebrations before 40 days of Advent
2.
Why is it called Fat Tuesday?
a)
People tend to feast on many foods before Ash Wednesday -- a day of fasting.
b)
Because Skinny Tuesday was taken
c)
Because a rather large and plump king from France called it that
d)
Because it's a cool Tuesday, and sometimes fat means cool in slang
3.
Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday in what language?
a)
French
b)
English
c)
Latin
d)
Spanish
4.
What US city is best known for its Fat Tuesday celebrations?
a)
New York
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Chicago
d)
New Orleans
5.
Where do they celebrate Mardi Gras listening to samba music -- a West African-derived cultural art form?
a)
Brazil
b)
Trinidad and Tobago
c)
Sweden
d)
Belgium
6.
Where do they listen to soca music during Mardi Gras?
a)
Senegal
b)
USA
c)
Belgium
d)
Trinidad and Tobago
7.
Where do the celebrate Mardi Gras, or Carnival, eating les beignets?
a)
Sweden
b)
Beligium
c)
Nice, France
d)
Las Vegas
8.
Where do they celebrate Mardi Gras eating fettisdagsbullar?
a)
Nice, France
b)
Sweden
c)
New Orleans
d)
Brazil
9.
Where do thousands of Gilles -- male identified patrons in wax masks -- fill the streets?
a)
Binche, Belgium
b)
Nice, France
c)
Trinidad and Tobago
d)
Senegal
10.
Where do people carry ramons, or bundled sticks that resist menacing spirts, during Mardi Gras celebrations?
a)
Senegal
b)
Trinidad and Tobago
c)
Belgium
d)
New Orleans
11.
Where is Mardi Gras typically geared towards children?
a)
Belgium
b)
Brazil
c)
Trinidad and Tobago
d)
Senegal
12.
Where is Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday referred to as Carnival?
a)
USA and Belgium
b)
Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, and Nice, France
c)
Belgium and Senegal
d)
Sweden
13.
Where is Mardi Gras known as Fettisdaggen? This is where they eat fettisdagsbullar, or literally, "Fat Tuesday buns."
a)
Sweden
b)
Brazil
c)
France
d)
Senegal
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