Quiz # 19 - Questions on unique cultures around the world

Que 1: The biggest tomato fight, La Tomatina is held annually in which country?

          A. Spain                                     B. Italy

          C. Turkey                                   D. France

Que 2: Famadinha, dancing with the dead is a traditional festival celebrated in which country?

          A. North Korea                            B. Madagascar

          C. Sudan                                     D. Ethiopia

Que 3: Monkey buffest festival is celebrated in which country?

          A. Japan                                    B. Taiwan

          C. China                                     D. Thailand

Que 4: In which part of the world do people cut their fingers to express their love for someone who passed away?

          A. Comoros                                 B. Papua, New Guinea

          C. Sao Tome                               D. Kiribati

Que 5: Agitaguada, art festival in which hundreds of umbrellas are floated above the street is celebrated every year in which country?

          A. Greece                                   B. Italy

          C. Romania                                 D. Portugal

Que 6:  Which country has reached epidemic of obesity almost up to 95% of its population?

          A. Nauru                                    B. Chile

          C. Nicargua                                D. Cuba

Que 7: Which country has banned any form of entertainment that features time travel?

          A. North Korea                            B. South Korea        

          C. China                                     D. Russia

Que 8: Which country’s follows a calendar that is 7 years behind the rest of the world?

          A. Ethiopia                                 B. Eritrea

          C. Somalia                                  D. Kenya

Answers Table:

Q. No.	Correct answer	Details
1	A - Spain	Organized on last Wednesday of August in Valencian town, this involves participants throwing tomatoes at each other for fun
2	B - Madagascar	In this tradition people bring the corpses of their ancestor, wrap them in new clothes and dance around it
3	D - Thailand	In this mountain of fruits, vegetables and cakes are made and people dress up like monkeys and feast on it
4	B – Papua, New Guinea	This is done by Dani tribe. The finger is cut and buried with the body of the loved one who died
5	D - Portugal	Venezuela has proven oil reserves of 297.6 billion barrels. Second is Saudi Arabia with 267.91 billion barrels oil reserves (Source – geab.edu)
6	A - Nauru	Its obesity epidemic coincides with its economic prosperity due to phosphate exports
7	C - China	Because the authorities there believe, it sends wrong signals to people
8	A - Ethiopia	Their calendar is based upon an alternate calculation of when Jesus was born

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