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Quiz About Wednesday


Quiz Questions

  1. Why do they call Wednesday "Hump Day" in America?
  2. Krishna, Vithoba, and Ganesha are all gods worshipped on a Wednesday in which religion?
  3. The Old English word for Wednesday is named after which Germanic god?
  4. In the well-known rhyme, who was "married on a Wednesday"?
  5. In the folk rhyme "Monday's Child", Wednesday's child is full of what?




  6. Wednesday is associated with which planet?
  7. What is the name of Wednesday Addams' brother?
  8. What Christian holy day marks the first day of Lent?
  9. What's the nickname of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club?
  10. Which religious people traditionally referred to Wednesday as "Fourth Day" to avoid the pagan associations with the name "Wednesday"?
  11. What is the French word for Wednesday?
  12. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." is whose debut studio album?
  13. "When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere" is the opening line of which book?
  14. Why is the Wednesday before Easter Sunday known as "Spy Wednesday"?
  15. In the movie "Mean Girls", what do the mean girls wear on Wednesdays?
  16. In which language is Mittwoch the word for Wednesday?

Answers:

  1. Because it's the middle of the working week
  2. Hinduism
  3. Woden
  4. Solomon Grundy
  5. Woe
  6. Mercury
  7. Pugsley
  8. Ash Wednesday
  9. The Owls
  10. Quakers
  11. Mercredi
  12. Simon & Garfunkel
  13. The Day of the Triffids (by John Wyndham)
  14. On this day, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus
  15. They wear pink
  16. German