Which national holidays occur in January in Australia?

1.   ?    New Year's Day
2.   ?    Australia Day
3.   ?    Both A and B
4.   ?    There are no national holidays in January

Name the most universal celebration, held on 8th March each year?

1.   ?    Independence Day
2.   ?    Labour Day
3.   ?    Family Day
4.   ?    International Women's Day

This festival occurs on the night of the first full moon of the year. Chinese people go about with lanterns looking for flying spirits. What is the name of the festival?

1.   ?    Full Moon festival
2.   ?    Lantern festival
3.   ?    Spirits festival
4.   ?    New Year festival

In the middle of each year a festival is celebrated to commemorate a Chinese poet who drowned in 277 BC. The festival involves highly decorated canoes that race against each other. What is the festival called?

1.   ?    Liu Xiaoyan festival
2.   ?    Red Dragon Festival
3.   ?    Dragon Boat festival
4.   ?    Rhyming festival

Which of these is an Aboriginal cultural festival?

1.   ?    Yeperenye Dreaming
2.   ?    Garma festival
3.   ?    Barunga festival
4.   ?    All of the above

What is the name of the day that falls on the Sunday before Easter and marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians?

1.   ?    Easter Sunday
2.   ?    Palm Sunday
3.   ?    Eostre Sunday
4.   ?    Gregorian Sunday

What is the name of the festival in which Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus?

1.   ?    Easter
2.   ?    Maudy Thursday
3.   ?    Pentecost
4.   ?    Christmas

St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. St Patrick's Day is commemorated on the anniversary of his death. In which month does this take place?

1.   ?    January
2.   ?    March
3.   ?    September
4.   ?    December

What is the name of the ceremony that Jewish boys participate in when they turn 13 years old?

1.   ?    Communion
2.   ?    Bar Mitzvah
3.   ?    Brit Milah
4.   ?    Naming Ceremony

Rosh Hashanah is the name of the Jewish New Year. In which month does this take place?

1.   ?    January
2.   ?    March
3.   ?    July
4.   ?    September

There are a number of Islamic holy days. What is the name given to a month of fasting that is ended by the Eid-al-Fitr festival?

1.   ?    dhu Al-Hijja
2.   ?    Eid-al-adha
3.   ?    Ramadan
4.   ?    Mirajun Nabi

What is the name of the Islamic festival that celebrates divine intervention in Ibrahim's sacrifice of his son Ismail?

1.   ?    Dhu Al-Hijja
2.   ?    Eid-al-adha
3.   ?    The first day of Muharram
4.   ?    Mirajun Nabi

The Vietnamese New Year celebration lasts for seven days. People clean their homes to remove any bad fortune from the old year, pay for their debts and resolve past differences. What is the traditional name for this festival?

1.   ?    Tet
2.   ?    Wesak
3.   ?    Vulan
4.   ?    Ram

For five days Hindus use traditional clay lamps to light their houses. Celebations include fireworks, feasting and exchanging gifts. What is the name of this festival of lights?

1.   ?    Maha Kumbha Mela
2.   ?    Dassera
3.   ?    Diwali
4.   ?    Holi