Mardi Gras Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What does ""Mardi Gras"" mean in English?
Answer:
Fat Tuesday
2.
In what city is Mardi Gras celebrated most famously?
Answer:
New Orleans, Louisiana
3.
What is the name of the traditional Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans?
Answer:
The Uptown Route
4.
What are the traditional colors of Mardi Gras?
Answer:
Purple, green, and gold
5.
What does the color purple represent in Mardi Gras?
Answer:
Justice
6.
What does the color green represent in Mardi Gras?
Answer:
Faith
7.
What does the color gold represent in Mardi Gras?
Answer:
Power
8.
Who are the masked figures that lead Mardi Gras parades?
Answer:
Krewes
9.
What is the name of the most famous Mardi Gras krewe in New Orleans?
Answer:
Rex
10.
What is the name of the first Mardi Gras krewe founded in New Orleans?
Answer:
Mistick Krewe of Comus
11.
What is a "doubloon"?
Answer:
A coinlike token thrown by parade krewes
12.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Answer:
Rio Carnival
13.
What type of beads are traditionally thrown during Mardi Gras parades?
Answer:
Plastic beads
14.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans that takes place on the day before Fat Tuesday?
Answer:
Lundi Gras
15.
What is the name of the traditional Mardi Gras party held on the grounds of the New Orleans Fairgrounds?
Answer:
Krewe of Bacchus Ball
16.
What type of food is traditionally eaten during Mardi Gras?
Answer:
King cake
17.
What is hidden inside a king cake?
Answer:
A tiny plastic baby
18.
What does finding the baby in a king cake mean?
Answer:
You have to buy the next king cake
19.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade that features a giant, papier-mâché head?
Answer:
Krewe of Zulu
20.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade that features a giant, papier-mâché alligator?
Answer:
Krewe of Hermes
21.
What city in Louisiana is known for its "Courir de Mardi Gras"?
Answer:
Mamou, Louisiana
22.
What is "Courir de Mardi Gras"?
Answer:
A traditional Mardi Gras celebration with costumed figures and a chase for chickens
23.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of marching bands?
Answer:
Krewe of Endymion
24.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""fantasy""?
Answer:
Krewe of Muses
25.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""art""?
Answer:
Krewe of Nyx
26.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""music""?
Answer:
Krewe of Orpheus
27.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""history""?
Answer:
Krewe of Rex
28.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""fantasy""?
Answer:
Krewe of Bacchus
29.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""royalty""?
Answer:
Krewe of Proteus
30.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""mythology""?
Answer:
Krewe of Argus
31.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""comedy""?
Answer:
Krewe of Tucks
32.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""nature""?
Answer:
Krewe of Thoth
33.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""sports""?
Answer:
Krewe of Oshun
34.
What is the name of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that features a parade of floats with a theme of ""technology""?
Answer:
Krewe of Chaos
35.
What is the traditional way to say ""goodbye"" in French?
Answer:
Au revoir
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