The document appears to be a quiz about various holidays, traditions, and symbols from around the world. It includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, and holidays and traditions in countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and others. The quiz covers topics like popular foods, celebrations, symbols, dates of holidays, and factual information about historical events and figures.

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3. Boxing Day
What British holiday comes just
after Christmas?

4. Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes Night
What holiday can you hear next line:
“Remember, remember the fifth of
November…”?

5. Pancake Day
What holiday do the British have
food races?

6. a poppy
Name the flower – the symbol of
Remembrance Day!

7. a red heart
What’s the most common symbol of
love?

8. blue
What colour is the background of the
European Flag?

9. “trick or treat”
What do children say on Halloween?

10. a sheet
On Halloween, what do children who
are ghosts usually wear? It is white.

11. India
What country did Columbus want to
reach when he started his first
expedition?

12. every 4 years
How often is the US President
elected?

13. a donkey
Which animal is the symbol of the
Democratic Party in the US?

14. Washington (District Columbia)
Where is President John F. Kennedy
buried? Name the city.

15. on 11th November, 1918 at 11 o’clock
When did World War I end? (give
the month, day and hour)

16. a pumpkin pie
What do Americans usually have for
dessert on Thanksgiving Day?

17. Pancake Day/ Shrove Tuesday
Name the holiday. It’s celebrated on
Tuesday, 40 days before Easter.

18. Good Friday
What solemn day is on the Friday
before Easter?

19. George Washington
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th
US President. Who was the first US
President?

20. a leprechaun
What’s the name of a small creature
which lives in the forests of Ireland
and has got a pot of gold?

21. 40 days
How many days is the period of Lent
before Easter?

22. 12 golden stars
How many golden stars are there on
the flag of the European Union?

23. a skeleton
What’s this? It is a popular
Halloween costume and has got a
lot of bones?

24. on Tuesday
When does Election Day in the USA
always take place?

25. Cupid
What’s the name of a Roman god
who was a symbol of love? He was
often presented with a bow and
arrows.

26. There’s no President in Great Britain.
People in Great Britain don’t
celebrate Presidents’ Day. Explain
why!

27. good luck
What, is believed, can a shamrock
with four leaves bring you?

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29. Ash Wednesday
What’s the name of the first day of
Lent?

30. Dublin
Name the capital of the Republic of
Ireland.

31. 13 stripes
How many stripes are there on the
American flag?

32. a silver coin (6 pences) to bring good
fortune
What was traditionally hidden in a
Christmas pudding?
What was traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding?

33. Deck the hall with boughs of holy
Sing the first line of the holiday
song, given the second line : Fa, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

34. a cat
According to the old saying: Who
has got nine lives?

35. play
Finish the proverb : “When the cat's
away the mice will _ _ _ _”

36. Oliver Cromwell (during the 17th
century)
Who banned Christmas celebrations
in England?

37. female (all male deer lose their antlers
before November while the female
deer lose ones after giving birth in
spring)
Are Santa’s reindeer male, female or
a mixed herd? Explain

38. Could not play in reindeer games
What was Rudolph’s punishment for
his red nose?

39. Philadelphia (in 1920)
What American city was the first to
host a Thanksgiving Day parade?

40. Eggnog
What holiday drink contains sugar,
milk, and eggs?
nogegg, sugarnog, drinkegg,
milkdrink, eggnog, sugardrink

41. Cookie
What snack is often left out for
Santa?

42. nine
How many reindeer drive Santa
Claus' sleigh (counting Rudolph)?

43. just one, Washington (in the North-
West)
How many American states are
named after US Presidents?

44. the Grinch
Who once stole Christmas?

45. Mistletoe
What plant makes couples kiss
under it?

46. Germany
Which country was the first to use
the tradition of Christmas trees?

47. Thomas Edison in 1880
Who invented electric Christmas
lights?

48. Père Noël
What is Santa Claus called in
France?

49. 44
How many days do we have between
The New Year Eve and St.
Valentine’s Day?

50. Elves and Mrs. Claus!
Who helps Santa Claus in making his
gifts?

51. the House of Parliament
What building was going to be blown
up during the Gunpowder plot in
London?

52. To ensure good luck for the house, the first foot should
be male, dark (believed to be a throwback to the Viking
days when blond strangers arriving on your doorstep
meant trouble) and should bring symbolic coal,
shortbread, salt, black bun and whisky.
What does the First Footing
tradition mean?

53. Halloween
What is another name for the
holiday “The Beggars’ Night”?

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55. “Roses are red, violets are blue”
Give the first lines of the rhyme
“_________ , sugar is sweet and so
are you.”

56. Easter
Fill in the missing word – “Palm
Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good
Friday, __________ Sunday”.

57. Oranges
The traditional English breakfast
consists of porridge, fried bacon and
eggs, marmalade on toast, tea with
milk or coffee. What fruit is
marmalade made of?

58. cold milk first
Make a true English tea. (hot water,
tea, hot milk, cold milk, sugar, a slice
of lemon) You may not need some
ingredients.

59. the red Rose
What is the symbol of England?

60. the kilt
What is the national costume of
Scotland?

61. The USA
What country is Uncle Sam
associated with?

62. Independence Day
What holiday is celebrated on the 4th
of July in the USA?

63. The Mayflower
What was the name of the ship
which brought the Pilgrim Fathers to
America?

64. The Scottish way of celebrating New
Year’s Day.
What is Hogmanay?

65. Martin Luther King
What was the name of Martin Luther
King Jr.’s father?

66. apples
The common game that children
play on Halloween is known as
bobbing for pears bananas
apples peas.

67. Easter
Look at the photos and name the
holiday.

68. 17th – Shrove Tuesday or ‘Pancake Day’
What holiday was two days ago?
(today is Thursday, February, 19,
2015)

69. Rolling hard-boiled painted eggs down
a hill
What is a traditional English Easter
game?

70. a witch
With whom do you associate these
words: crystal ball, broomstick,
black cat?

71. Home alone
Name the movie associated with this
song.

72. holiday
What is the name of a day when you
don’t go to school or work.

73. carols
What do people sing during
Christmas?

74. reindeer
What animals draw Santa Clause’
vehicle?

75. St. Patrick’s Day
What holiday is celebrated in March,
17th (Ireland’s Special Day)?

76. September
What month is Harvest Day
celebrated?

77. the Queen’s Birthday Parade
What’s the official name of Trooping
the Colour?

78. throughout May
What month does Morris Dancing
take place?

79. ‘packed lunch’ (a sandwich, a packet of
crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink)
What is a typical British lunch?

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