Customs, Holidays & Festivals Trivia
A trivia pack on holidays, festivals and customs across the world — the major religious and cultural holidays, the famous regional festivals, and the everyday customs (table manners, gift-giving, greetings) that vary from one country to the next.
Start a Holidays quiz →The major holidays
Christian: Christmas, Easter and the famous traditions, Lent, Epiphany, Advent. Jewish: Passover, Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Purim. Muslim: Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Hajj. Hindu: Diwali, Holi, Navaratri. Buddhist: Vesak, Lunar New Year (also Chinese / Vietnamese / Korean). Sikh: Vaisakhi.
Secular and civic: New Year (in different calendar systems), Thanksgiving (US and Canadian), Independence Days, Bastille Day, Cinco de Mayo, Burns Night, Halloween, May Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's and Father's Day.
Festivals and customs
Famous regional festivals: Rio Carnival, Mardi Gras, Oktoberfest, Burning Man, Glastonbury, Coachella, La Tomatina, Holi, San Fermín (Pamplona), Day of the Dead, Songkran, the Edinburgh Fringe.
Customs and etiquette: famous greeting gestures (handshakes, bows, kisses on the cheek), gift-giving conventions, table manners (chopsticks etiquette, the Western fork-and-knife rules), wedding traditions across cultures.
Frequently asked questions
Religiously respectful?
Yes — questions stick to facts (when, where, what) without value judgements.
Modern festivals (Glastonbury, Burning Man)?
Yes — modern festivals appear alongside traditional holidays.
How many players?
Up to six per room.
Match length?
Ten questions, three to five minutes.