QUIZ ON SOME BRITISH FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS

QUIZ ON SOME BRITISH FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS

What is the holiday?

• It's celebrated on January first. Answer New Year's Day

• It's celebrated on the Tuesday 40 days before Easter. Answer: Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day).

• This festival is the first day of Lent, 40 days before Easter. Answer: Ash Wednesday.

• It's celebrated on February 14th. Answer: Valentine's Day.

• This solemn day is the Friday before Easter. Answer: Good Friday.

• It's celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after March 21st.

Answer: Easter Sunday.

• This festival is held on April first. Answer: April Fools Day.

• This is a bank holiday held on May first. Answer: May Day.

• This holiday used to be held 50 days after Easter but now it is held the last weekend of May.

Answer: Whitsun.

• This celebration is held the second Saturday in June. Answer: Trooping of the Colour.

• It's celebrated on October 31st.

Answer: Halloween.

• It's celebrated on November fifth. Answer: Bonfire Night.

• This anniversary is held on November 1 lth or the next Sunday. Answer: Remembrance Sunday.

• It's celebrated on December 25th. Answer: Christmas.

• This holiday is held on December 26th. Answer: Boxing Day.

VOCABULARY

Whitsun = Whitsunday ['wɪt'sʌndɪ] — Трійця, Зелені свята