Quiz: Carnival around the World

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Beyond the parades, costumes and parties, carnival is also culture and tradition. Do you know how this festival is celebrated around the world? Test yourself with this quiz.
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Questão 1

Questão
It is a time of feasting and festivity that precedes 6 weeks of fasting, known as…
Responda
  • Lent
  • Advent
  • Pentecost

Questão 2

Questão
Parades featuring spirited dancers are a key component of many Carnival celebrations across South America. At which Carnival might you expect to see the "Diablada", a traditional dance in which performers dressed as colourful devils are symbolically led out of hell in order to face trial?
Responda
  • Barranquilla, Colombia
  • Río, Brazil
  • Oruro, Bolvia

Questão 3

Questão
An offshoot of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, what European capital has hosted a Carnival-esque street festival every year since 1966 – albeit in August?
Responda
  • Montmartre, Paris
  • Notting Hill, London
  • Kreuzberg, Berlin

Questão 4

Questão
The Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is bursting with Caribbean flair and fantasy, from the vibrant costumes to the mind-boggling dance moves and heart-pounding rhythms. Though soca music has come to the fore recently, the festivities are more traditionally associated with what island-born musical genre?
Responda
  • Rap
  • Calypso
  • Salsa

Questão 5

Questão
The title of “world’s biggest Carnival destination” goes, of course, to Rio de Janeiro. If you want to see the city’s famous parades firsthand, you’ll need tickets to what iconic Carnival venue?
Responda
  • The Riodrome
  • The Tangodrome
  • The Sambadrome

Questão 6

Questão
Looking for a family-friendly affair? Try this Canadian city, which puts on an annual Carnival extravaganza featuring ice sculptures, winter sporting events and a cute snowman mascot named Bonhomme Carnaval.
Responda
  • Montrel
  • Quebec
  • Toronto

Questão 7

Questão
Founded by French settlers who brought their Catholic traditions from Europe, the southern US city of New Orleans hosts a Carnival party of epic proportions each year that goes by what French name?
Responda
  • Mardi Gras
  • La Grande Fête
  • Les Bons Temps

Questão 8

Questão
All good things must come to an end. Many cities in Spain (and even some in Latin America) mark the end of the Carnival festivities with a strange tradition: a satirical funeral procession, in which they bury what?
Responda
  • A bottle of wine
  • A mask
  • A sardine

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