Travel quiz – How Easter is celebrated around the world

Are you excited about the Easter bunny coming to town? In the meantime, try your smarts at this Easter travel quiz and see how much you really know about this chocolate-ly time of year.

1. Where in France do the local villagers cook up a giant omelette in celebration of Easter?

(a) Paris

(b) Lyon

(c) Marseille

(d) Bessieres

2. True or False: In Ireland, pubs shut on Good Friday.

(a) True

(b) False

3. In which European country do boys sprinkle water, perfume or cologne on a girl’s head – and ask for a kiss – to celebrate Easter Monday?

(a) Spain

(b) England

(c) Hungary

(d) Italy

4. In the Czech Republic, punters celebrate Easter by doing what?

(a) Baking their neighbours a cake

(b) Spanking women with hand-made whips

(c) Standing on one leg whilst chugging a beer

(d) Dressing up as one of the 12 apostles

5. True or false: In Japan, kids go begging in the streets with sooty faces and scarves, carrying broomsticks, coffee pots and willow twigs.

(a) True

(b) False

6. In which country do the locals construct straw renditions of Judas, beat him up, and set him alight?

(a) Philippines

(b) Greece

(c) Cyprus

(d) All of the above

7. What kind of books do Norwegians read over Easter?

(a) Norse mythology

(b) Crime novels

(c) Religious texts

(d) Romance novels

Answers

1. d
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. d
7. b

*Check out our other travel quizzes on South America, the USA, Europe, Asia and Ireland?

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