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Quiz
- What is the English name given to the national day of France? And on what date is it celebrated each year?
- Saint Patrick's Day is a religious and cultural holiday held on which date in March?
- Diwali is an Hindu festival, known as the festival of what?
- In which part of the world is Margaret Thatcher Day celebrated on 10 January?
- Australia Day is annually celebrated in which month of the year?
- In 2021, what day became the first new federal holiday in the United States since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983?
- What is the better known name of the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar?
- In which province is Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrated on June 24?
- People in Northern Ireland have a bank holiday on or after July 12 to commemorate which battle?
- Tynwald Day is the national day of where?
- Which country's national day commemorated on 21 July, marks the anniversary of the investiture of Leopold I in 1831?
- Celebrating a revolution of 1952, Revolution Day refers to the public holiday on 23 July in which African country?
- Observed on 25 April each year, what's the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand called?
- Queen's Day was a national holiday in which European country from 1890 to 2013, until replaced by King's Day?
- Songkran is a holiday in which Asian country, where major streets are closed to traffic for water fights?
- In Islamic cultures, what name is given to the Holymonth of fasting?
- What name is given to the period of 40 days leading up to Easter?
- Dominion Day was an official public holiday in which country from 1879 to 1982, where it was celebrated on 1 July?
- Freedom Day is a public holiday celebrated in which country on 27 April?
- Mountain Day is which country's newest of 16 national holiday?
- Oil Nationalisation Day is a national holiday in which country? It was seen as a key step in this country's independence from the West in 1951.
Answers
- Bastille Day. 14 July.
- 17 March
- Lights (Festival of Lights)
- Falkland Islands
- January (26 January)
- Juneteenth
- Yom Kippur
- Quebec (Canada)
- The Battle of Boyne
- Isle of Man
- Belgium
- Egypyt
- Anzac Day
- Netherlands
- Thailand
- Ramadan
- Lent
- Canada (it's now known as Canada Day)
- South AFrica
- Japan
- Iran