Customs and Traditions

Question 1

What day marks the death of Jesus Christ?

Answer 1

Good Friday

Question 2

When is Lent?

Answer 2

40 days before Easter

Question 3

When is Pancake Day?

Answer 3

Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent.

Question 4

What day does Lent begin?

Answer 4

Ash Wednesday

Question 5

When does Diwali fall and how long does it last?

Answer 5

October or November, five days.

Question 6

What celebration celebrates the victory of good over evil and the gaining of knowledge?

Answer 6

Diwali

Question 7

Where is there a famous Diwali celebration?

Answer 7

Leicester

Question 8

When is Hannukah and how long is it celebrated?

Answer 8

November or December, eight days.

Question 9

What celebrates the Jews’ struggle for religious freedom?

Answer 9

Hannukah

Question 10

What celebrates the end of Ramadan, when Muslims have fasted for a month?

Answer 10

Eid al-Fitr

Question 11

What remembers that the prophet Ibrahim was willing to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to?

Answer 11

Eid ul Adha

Question 12

What celebrates the founding of the Sikh community known as the Khalsa, 14 April each year with parades, dancing and singing.

Answer 12

Baisakhi

Question 13

For some Scottish people, what is a bigger holiday than Christmas?

Answer 13

Hogmanay, Dec 31st.

Question 14

When does Mothering Sunday (or Mother’s Day) fall?

Answer 14

three weeks before Easter

Question 15

When is Father’s Day?

Answer 15

third Sunday in June

Question 16

When is Bonfire Night?

Answer 16

5 of Nov

Question 17

Event that marks time in 1605, when a group of Catholics led by Guy Fawkes failed in their plan to kill the Protestant king with a bomb in the Houses of Parliament.

Answer 17

Bonfire Night

Question 18

When is Remembrance Day?

Answer 18

Nov 11

Question 19

On Remembrance days, wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph, which is where?

Answer 19

Whitehall