Mardi Gras Quiz

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! 

I hope everyone has enjoyed themselves a yummy pączki ("poonchki") or two today! There was a pączki-eating contest in Windsor, Ontario and the winner wolfed down 8 1/2 pastries in only 5 minutes! I can't imagine how his stomach was feeling later today.

I found a fun little quiz on Mardi Gras on the Washington Post website and thought I would share below. (Answers on the bottom of the blog.)

How much do YOU know about Mardi Gras?

1: Carnival season begins on:
(a) February 21, 2012
(b) February 17, 2012
(c) January 6, 2012
(d) January 1, 2012

2: The first Mardi Gras in America took place in:
(a) Galveston, Texas
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana
(c) Mobile, Alabama
(d) New Iberia, Louisiana
(e) Baton Rouge, Louisiana

3: The three colours of Mardi Gras, green and gold, represent:
(a) justice, faith & power
(b) family, god and country
(c) truth, justice and forgiveness
(d) love, peace and happiness

4: By law, Mardi Gras float riders must always wear a mask:
True
False

5: Hidden inside each king cake, the traditional cake of Mardi Gras, there is a:
(a) candle
(b) raisin
(c) crown
(d) plastic baby figurine

6: Which one of these items is traditionally thrown at Mardi Gras spectators?
(a) beads
(b) coconuts
(c) cups
(d) doubloons
(e) all of the above

7: "Super Sunday" in New Orleans is:
(a) The Sunday of parades before Fat Tuesday.
(b) The Sunday closest to St. Joseph's Day, significant to the Mardi Gras Indians.
(c) The Sunday before Easter.
(d) The Sunday when masked Mardi Gras Krewes host masked balls.

8: Mardi Gras is a legal holiday:
(a) Across the US.
(b) In Louisiana, Texas and Alabama.
(c) Only in Louisiana.
(d) Nowhere in the US.

Kaylie

Answers: 1c, 2c, 3a, 4T, 5d, 6e, 7b, 8c