1. What is the name of the Hindu festival of lights? Answer: Diwali

2. What is the name of the Chinese New Year animal for 2021? Answer: Ox

3. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Brazil before Lent? Answer: Carnival

4. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Mexico to honor deceased loved ones? Answer: Day of the Dead

5. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Japan to honor ancestors? Answer: Obon

6. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Ireland on March 17th? Answer: St. Patrick’s Day

7. What is the name of the festival celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November? Answer: Thanksgiving

8. What is the name of the festival celebrated in India to celebrate the harvest season? Answer: Pongal

9. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Germany in late September and early October? Answer: Oktoberfest

10. What is the name of the festival celebrated in Spain to mark the end of the bullfighting season? Answer: La Feria de Abril

Rubric: - 1 point for each correct answer - Partial credit for partially correct answers - No points deducted for incorrect answers - Maximum score: 10 points

Answer key: 1. Diwali 2. Ox 3. Carnival 4. Day of the Dead 5. Obon 6. St. Patrick’s Day 7. Thanksgiving 8. Pongal 9. Oktoberfest 10. La Feria de Abril