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The famous festival of San Fermin in which people are persecuted by bulls is celebrated in...
Pamplona
Barcelona
Madrid
Sevilla
What color is associated with St Patrick's Day?
green
blue
red
yellow
This is the most importan beer festival between September and October in Munich, Germany.
Bruges beer festival
Oktoberfest
Mondial de la biere
Vermont’s Brewers Festival
This is the most representative tradition of mexican culture.
Day of dead
Festival of the sun
Burning man
Cascamorra's festival
Where is the Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Lantern Festivals held?
Thailand
China
Belgium
Pakistan
The Effutu people celebrate the aboakyer or deer-hunting festival as an offer to the god Panche Otu in...
Ghana
China
Russia
Madagascar
On January 17th in Democratic Republic of Congo people commemorates the death of Patrice Lumumba, it is called...
Hero's day
Saint Lucia's day
Holi day
Dead's day
in this French-speaking province of Canada the Winter Festival is celebrated in February, activities such as snowboarding and hockey.
Quebec
Toronto
Ottawa
Vancouver
This tradition celebrating in Spain began in 1945 where people throw tomatoes to each other
La Tomatina
Cascamorra's festival
Up Helly Aa Festival
The Aloha Festival
on this celebration, Jews light a special candleholder called a menorah, when they remember an ancient miracle in which one day's worth of oil burned for eight days in their temple.
Hannukah
Aloha Festival
Kwanzaa
Songkran
This festival is a competition in that covers all genres from drama to modern dance and puppet theatre in Russia.
Golden Mask Theatre Festival
Wild Mint folk Festival
Obon Festival
Up Helly Aa Festival
This celebratin is based on ancient African harvest festivals and celebrates ideals such as family life and unity. it is celebrated from December 26 to January 1.
Kwanzaa
Hannukah
Famidiahana
Holi
In this city of Italy people celebrate a very elegant and sophisticated carnival by wearing ball gowns and masks, and the also go around the city in the well-known gondolas.
Venice
Rome
Milan
Genoa
In this event, every year, people in Baza, Spain, cover themselves in grease to reenact the stealing of a famous statue of the "Virgen de la Piedad" over 500 years ago.
Cascamorra's Festival
The Festival of the Sun
The Aloha Festival
Saint Lucia's Day
This festival in Albuquerque displays a wonderful view of many hot air balloons flying away.
Alburqueque International Balloon Fiesta
Alburqueque International Fiesta
Alburqueque National Fiesta
Alburqueque National Balloon Fiesta
In Thailand, there is a Buddhists’ celebration where statues of Buddha displayed in a parade spray water on passersby. Young people throw water at each other for fun and
people also release fish as an act of kindness. What’s the name of this celebration?
Songkran
Vesak
Ulambana
Kathina Ceremony
Midsummer Day is celebrated in late June in Scandinavia. Some villagers decorate a spruce trunk — called a najstang — like a maypole. Some families light bonfires along the fjords. This is celebrated in...
Sweden
China
Madagascar
Greenland
During the ninth month of the Islamic calendar year, Muslims do not eat, drink, or smoke from sunrise to sunset for an entire month. Instead, they spend their days in worship, praying in mosques. How is this holiday called?
Ramadan
Kwanzaa
Ashura
Hajj
This event held in England gathers hundreds of men who run after a wheel of cheese rolling down a hill. Wondering who will ever eat it! The name of the event is…
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Cheese Chasing Champion
Cheese rolling Festival
Cooper's Hill Cheese- Rolling Race
This is a festival for people to go relax and stretch their muscles while enjoying the wonderful beaches of Oahu, Hawaii.
The Aloha Festival.
Wakiki Festival
Honolulu Festival
Lei Day
The first day of spring in the Muslim calendar, boys enter a kite-fighting contest where they put powdered glass on their strings and try to cut off each other's kites. Whoever keeps his kite the longest wins. Where does it take place?
Pakistan
Thailand
Ghana
Republic of Congo
On this festival, Japanese people keep the memory of their ancestors alive during the summer, when they also visit and clean the graves of those who have died. In the ancient city of Kyoto, people light giant bonfires.
Obon Festival
Gion Matsuri
Famidihana
Santabary Festival
What is the name of a traditional ritual in Madagascar, known as the turning of the bones that begins in June. The bodies of recently-passed family members and ancestors are taken from the crypt, re-dressed in silk shrouds and reburied.
Famidihana
Ramadan
Harvest Festival
Aboakyer
What's the name of a festival in Russia where top restaurants are opened to families offering culinary classes, zones dedicated to different types of food and drinks, DJs and music to create a party atmosphere.
Taste of Moscow
Wild Mint Folk Festival
Lucia Cat's
Russia Food Festival
Tomorrowland is one of the world's largest electronic dance music festivals. Where does it take place?
Belgium
Russia
USA
Germany
The New Year is celebrated on December 31 by families dressing up a straw man in old clothes that represents the old year. People make a will that lists all of their faults and burn it with the straw man, in hopes that their faults will disappear with him. Where is it celebrated?
Ecuador and Colombia
Colombia and Venezuela
Ecuador and Venezuela
Colombia and Peru
From 1917 until 1991 in this big cold country Christmas was banned. Nowadays, people gather in family to attend church services on Christmas Eve (January 6th) and then go home to feast on a special ‘holy supper’, which includes a dish called kutia, a porridge with raisins. Where is it celebrated?
Russia
Greenland
Sweden
England
This open-air world folk music takes place every summer over several days with national and international musicians performing a variety of folk-based genres – afrobeat, ethno-jazz, raga, Russian folk. What’s the name of the festival?
Wild Mint Folk Festival
Songkran
Tomorrowland
Harbin Festival
The Harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world, and it features gigantic sculptures and buildings of ice. Where does it take place?
China
Belgium
Madagascar
Russia
The Santabary Festival is ancient in origin that takes place in late April-early May to give thanks for the year’s first rice harvest. People eat, drink, listen and dance to traditional music. In which country is it celebrated?
Madagascar
Japan
China
Spain
At the beginning of the Hindu year, there is a festival where people get wet and throw multi-colored powder, among other activities. What is its name?
Holi
Palm's day
Holy Supper
Ramadan
The return of the sun is a celebration after the months of winter darkness when skies get clear, and it is celebrated with family excursions, songs, coffee and cakes in most of the towns north of the Arctic Circle. Where is it celebrated?
Greenland
Ireland
England
Scotland
He was a military, explorer and Spanish conqueror who founded the city of Santiago de Cali in 1536.
Sebastian de Belalcazar
Francisco Pizarro
Tomas Cipriano Mosquera
José Maria Obando
This hill is named after the battle fought by general Eliseo Payán and Julio Arboleda in April 1862 because they communicated with mirror signals.
Los Cristales
Cristo Rey
Pico de Loro
Los Farallones
This place is a charming butterfly sanctuary on the way to Cristo Rey.
Andoke
Cali's Zoo
Jardin Botanico
Pachamama
This coliseum is used for training hockey and figure skating. It's named after a famous soccer player. Who was him?
Miguel Calero
Willington Ortiz
Faryd Mondragon
Freddy Rincon
How many communes (township) are there in Santiago de Cali?
22
25
20
23
Which animal has a very important role in Indian culture, so in March they have their own festival with elegant dresses and colorful jewelry?
Cow
Cat
Rat
Elephant
In this country the New Year is celebrated in February, also called Spring Festival or Lunar Year.
China
Ireland
Pakistan
Greenland
Which country considers St Patrick as its patron saint?
Ireland
Scotland
England
Norway
It is a plant of the palm tree family that grows in tropical areas of America. Its fruit has a great nutritional value and aphrodisiac powers that people attribute to it. In Colombia it is an essential food of the Colombian pacific culture, traditionally associated with the Afro-Colombian population.
Chontaduro
Carambolo
zapote
borojó
This place honors the song writer who wrote the greatest Salsa song, tribute to Cali. it is a big square frequently having some artists showcasing their talents - painting murals, wood arts, etc., a museum commemorating a famous Cali composer is located at the second floor of a building at the Plazoleta.
Jairo Varela
Juanchito
Hernando Tejada
Miguel Calero
This is a beautifully preserved sugar plantation home, a Spanish colonial hacienda filled with tropical gardens. It informs about the history of Panela production throughout the whole country. Here, you can also learn about both the lives of the original plantation owners and the slaves that worked to make the sugar cane. The estate has an impressive collection of trapiches- contraptions used to extract sap from the cane.
Hacienda Pichindé
Parque de la Caña
Parque del Café
Tascas
When were the first Panamerican Games held in Cali?
1971
1973
1970
1972
Point out the river that doesn't belong to Cali
Pance
Lili
Melendez
San cipriano
How many villages (small towns) are there in Santiago de Cali?
15
22
13
25
Popular mountain with three big crosses on its top where people can climb and enjoy especially on Sunday mornings.
Las tres cruces
Cristo Rey
Pico de loro
Pance
A temple that was built between 1930 and 1948. It is known for its Gothic style. The musical clock and windows are from Amsterdam.
Ermita Church
San Francisco Church
La Catedral Church
San Antonio Church
International tournament in which the America team was champion in 1999.
Merconorte
Conmebol
Concacaf
Copa America
This monument was created by Juan Fisher after Juan B Quintero's request, counselor of Santiago de Cali, to commemorate the progress of the city. it was donated by Quintero's family to the city as one of his dying wishes. Nowadays it is in front of El Obelisco.
La Cuadriga Romana
El Gato del rio
Parque de los Poetas
Cristo rey
Covered sports arena used for various events mainly basketball. It is located in the Alberto Galindo Sports Unit and was one of the places for the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2016.
Coliseo El Pueblo
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Coliseo Evangelista Mora
Diamante de softbol
The headquarters of the Municipal Secretary of tourism and culture is located in a place that was known as.
Centro Cultural de Cali
Centro Administrativo Municipal
Gobernación del Valle
Centro Cultural COMFANDI
One of the most important educational projects in Cali, where people can visit the Natural Science Museum and the "Abracadabra" Interactive Museum, among others.
Biblioteca Departamental
Biblioteca CIAT
Centro Cultural COMFANDI
Biblioteca Mario Carvajal
This building stands 42 stories tall and houses a hotel, offices and apartment complexes.
Torre de Cali Hotel
Hotel Spiwak
Intercontinental Hotel
Palacio de San Francisco
The Company of Public Works of Cauca built this place that worked as a market square, and in 1921 sold it to the municipality that changed its name.
Plaza de Caicedo
Plaza San Francisco
Plaza del Centro Municipal
Plazoleta Jairo Varela
He is one of the most recognized comedian and animator from Cali who has participated in “Sábados Felices”.
Enrique Colavizza
El mono sanchez
Cesar Corredor
Peter Albeiro
This famous theater director was a painter, a journalist, a cook and an actor. The Municipal Theater is named in his honor.
Enrique Buenaventura
Hernando Tejada
Omar Rayoi
Alejandro Obregon
The legend says that the three crosses were built to fight this horrible demon that announced Santiago of Cali's ruin.
Buziraco
El Pollo Pelón
La Candileja
El Diablo
He was an Indian chief who organized an army with different tribes to fight the Spaniards in 1536 who came to what is Cali now.
Cacique Petecuy
Cacique Jamundi
Cacique Inga
Cacique Quimbayo
On December 13 in St Lucia Day, many girls dress up as "Lucia brides" in long white gowns with red sashes, and a wreath of burning candles on their heads. They wake up their families by singing songs and bringing them coffee and twisted saffron buns called "Lucia cats." Where does it take place?
Scandinavia
Ireland
Greenland
Sweden
This is Europe's largest fire festival, completed with the burning of a full-scale Viking ship. It’s held in Lerwick, Scotland. How is it called?
Up Helly Aa Festival
Aboakier
Fire Festival
Winter Solstice
In the heart of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA, there is a peculiar festival inspired in Mad Max film. What’s that festival called?
Burning Man
Loy Krathong and yee Peng Lantern festival
Godchildren Day
Dead day
It is a Pacific music and food festival, heavily influenced by the African rhythms and originally from the Pacific coast.
Petronio Alvarez Festival
Cali's Fair
Fiestas de San Pacho
Festival del Currulao
When do people celebrate Thanksgiving in United States? This year, it’s on November 22nd.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Why do we celebrate Labor Day on May 1 in almost all the world?
tribute to the so-called martyrs of Chicago
defense of workers in Chicago
Earning workers rights around the world
tribute to workers around the world
