4 free Festivals & traditions quizzes with answers. Your group plays live on their phones.
Seven April Fools' Day questions on famous pranks and hoaxes, including the BBC spaghetti harvest, Burger King's Left-Handed Whopper and Google's MentalPlex. Mostly multiple choice and short answer, plus one match, one order and one sort.
Twelve true or false, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions on autumn festivals, from Oktoberfest and Mid-Autumn to Diwali and Día de los Muertos. Easy, in English, and suits a mixed group.
Nine questions on family customs around the world, from Thanksgiving and Diwali to Chuseok and Shabbat. Easy general-knowledge picks, yes or no answers and sorting rounds, suited to mixed ages.
Nine questions on religious and cultural celebrations beyond Christmas, from Hanukkah and Diwali to Kwanzaa and Genna. Includes a multi-answer question, a matching round and a calendar order question.
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What is April Fools' Day called in France?
Poisson d'Avril
Fun fact: Pranksters traditionally stick paper fish on people's backs. The 'April fish' is said to stand for a young, easily caught fish, meaning a gullible person.
Oktoberfest in Germany originally started as a wedding celebration.
Yes
Fun fact: The festival ground, the Theresienwiese, is named after the bride, Princess Therese, and the first event centred on a horse race.
What dish is traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner in many American families?
Turkey
Fun fact: Around 87 per cent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, yet the exact menu of the 1621 Plymouth harvest feast that inspired the holiday was never recorded in detail.
What's the name of the multi-branch candle lit during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah?
Menorah
Fun fact: The Hanukkah lamp has nine branches: one for each of the eight nights plus a raised helper candle called the shamash. Many people also call it a hanukkiah, to tell it apart from the seven-branched Temple menorah.
What did the BBC report growing on trees in a famous 1957 April Fools’ prank?
Spaghetti
Also accepted: Spaghetti trees, Pasta, Noodle, Noodles
Fun fact: Richard Dimbleby narrated the three-minute Panorama report, which showed a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti after the 'virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil'.
Mid-Autumn Festival in China is always celebrated on October 15th.
No
Fun fact: It follows the lunar calendar, so it can fall anywhere from 7 September to 8 October. In 2026 it was on 25 September.
Which country celebrates “Children’s Day” by flying carp-shaped kites?
Japan
Fun fact: On Japan's Children's Day (5 May), a black carp streamer traditionally stands for the father, a red one for the mother and smaller ones for the children. Before 1948 the day was known as Boys' Day.
What's the traditional colour of envelopes containing 'lucky money', given out during Lunar New Year?
Red
Fun fact: In many families, red is chosen because it is traditionally thought to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits. Elders give the envelopes to children and unmarried younger relatives.
What fast food chain announced a ‘Left-Handed Whopper’ in 1998?
Burger King
Fun fact: The full-page USA Today ad claimed the condiments had been rotated 180 degrees for left-handed customers. Burger King admitted the joke the next day.
Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, is only celebrated in India.
No
Fun fact: Diwali is an official holiday in several other countries, including Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore and Sri Lanka, and Nepal marks it as Tihar.
Festivals and traditions are how people mark the year and make a household feel like home. They include harvest festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chuseok and Thanksgiving, holy days from many faiths, family customs passed down the generations, and playful days such as April Fools' Day on 1 April.
Many of these dates move. Lunar festivals and religious holy days change every year, and autumn begins at a different time in each hemisphere. A quiz is a friendly way to learn about the customs your neighbours, colleagues and relatives keep, and it works best when it stays curious and respectful.
The templates here cover April Fools' Day trivia, religious holidays, family traditions and autumn festivals around the world. They are meant to build understanding and start conversations rather than to test belief.
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Yes. The quizzes suit mixed groups and global teams. Use your judgement for your group, and keep the tone respectful.
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